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Originally Posted by Bunk
Personally, I think the premise of a future 16 lanes is insane. The rest of the ring road is based on 8 lane ultimate, but this section is 16 because of some future theoretical second ring road and the idea there will be no other option in the SW further out, so this needs double capacity. Nuts. Neither necessary, nor desirable. Look at the span of the bridge decks as a result. Massively overbuilt and unnecessarily expensive. Not a comment against having this leg of the ring road built, but on the absurd design of it, and premise underlying it. The segments at sensitive environmental areas are also really intrusive and poorly designed.
We spend a lot of time fretting about government cell phone bills and use of aircraft, but this is real, tangible waste - in the hundreds of millions.
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Wow, someone tries to plan ahead for once for this city's infrastructure, and this is the reaction we get.