By virtue of just adding that lane all the way through the system in both directions northbound and southbound, you're going to increase the capacity. |
If we get 50 percent (of cars) off, travel times would be relatively the same. If we get 30 percent off, which is more realistic ... travel times might increase by a third or double. |
It's going to be painful. The expressway will be painful. |
People ask, 'Will rush hour be one, two, three hours longer?' It is awful tough to tell. We expect it will take several weeks to a month to shake out. |
The pavement underneath the asphalt is crumbling. The drainage wasn't that particularly good. The planners back in the 1960's expect only 150,000 vehicles a day. |
This is the biggest project that I personally have been part of. The $600 million urban expressway reconstruction. They don't happen all that often. |
When we're all done, it's going to be a safer expressway. |