Posted November 15, 200519 yr Big changes are underway for State Rt. 8 in northern Summit County. From the Akron Beacon Journal 11/14/2005 Route 8 to be streamlined Plan eliminates intersections at Boston Mills, East Hines Hill and Twinsburg roads By Bob Downing Beacon Journal staff writer State Route 8 in northern Summit County soon will get a $130 million overhaul, including construction of two mega-intersections. The goal is to create a limited-access highway with less congestion and fewer traffic signals and crossroads that slow traffic between state Route 303 in Boston Heights and Interstate 271 in Macedonia, said Mohamed Darwish, deputy director of District 4 of the Ohio Department of Transportation. New intersections will be constructed at I-271 in Macedonia and in the area of the Ohio Turnpike interchange near Boston Mills, East Hines Hill and Chittendon roads in Boston Heights. Read More...
November 15, 200519 yr ...was not an option because of the number of expensive houses.. I thought there were laws that were meant to discourage dots to from putting roads through blighted areas. I guess that all it just to be PC.
November 15, 200519 yr I hate 8, used to drive it to a friends appartment near the Akron Airport. Its kinda like a highway, but not at the same time. I ~think~ the speed is supposed to be around 45-50, but everyone does 70+, and then there are traffic lights along it, and the people driving on it exceede its capacity. Such a mess on that road, I have allmost been rear-ended twice on that road.
November 15, 200519 yr Author ^ Agree. It's actually the quickest way for me to get home; yet, I rarely travel along it. I can't stand cruising along at 55-60 mph and then having to come to come to a complete stop at a traffic light; I'm so glad that this will finally become a true expressway (though I'll probably still avoid it because the police from Boston Hts. roam the area like hawks looking for speeders).
November 17, 200519 yr Sounds like the first step to rerouting I-90 outside of Cleveland. wouldn't continuing 90 over the turnpike eastbound until 480, then running it on 480 eastbound and 271 northbound be more feasible? then whatever is left of 90 could be renumbered as 2 if the shoreway or any other part becomes a surface road.
March 1, 200619 yr Other relevant OH-8 news from the Stow Sentry: Preliminary work on Route 8 to continue through March by Andrea Cole Reporter Stow - Although a $41.2 million rehabilitation project on Route 8 is not set to begin until 2009, the preliminary work has started. According to Ohio Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Jennifer Richmond, there will be lane closures on Route 8 between the Graham Road exit and the Route 303 exit for approximately the next month. Richmond said workers are preparing for a rehabilitation of Route 8 between the two exits. “They’re doing a series of different things,” she said. “We need to locate underground utilities and do field survey work. Construction is necessary to determine if any additional work will be needed under the road.” The preliminary work should only impact one lane at a time, said Richmond. Read More...
April 30, 200619 yr Hello I am new to this forum, but I’m glad to see so many excited voices talking about Ohio and its many facets. I’ve had the honor to chair an organization called The Akron Innerbelt Integration Initiative for what will be a year in April. The initiative started as a discussion between a friend and me about the Akron metropolitan area. We got to talking about the Akron Innerbelt (technically called the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Freeway), and why it was never completed. A lingering curiosity brought us to Akron’s Archives, ODOT, the County Engineer, and even to Philadelphia to explore Lawrence Halprin’s plans for the route. The principal reason for forming the organization was to oppose Mayor Donald Plusquellic’s idea to blow up the Innerbelt to subsidize luxury housing (everything in Akron is subsidized, thus the reason we’re $1 Billion in debt). We believe that if the freeway was completed as originally planned, many people would use the route, and the increased visibility downtown would in turn increase downtown patronage. This summer will be a very important time for the organization, as ODOT is planning to solidify its plans for I-76 (see Central Interchange Project), and we are lobbying hard to get a full interchange with I-76 at last. I could go on with the many other things we are doing, but if you’re interested in anything I’m saying please visit our website at http://akroninnerbelt.org/. I’m going to stick around these forums for a while, so if you have any questions post away. Nice meeting you all! John
April 30, 200619 yr Ever heard of the Seattle Freeway Park (see http://www.theslowlane.com/other/freepk.html)? That idea wasn't native to Seattle, he proposed a park over the Innerbelt first. However forces inside the city of Akron kept that idea from taking off, mostly due to precieved time delays (which occurred anyway). Some images of his proposals are in the Resources -> Photos of the Flash Part of the akroninnerbelt.org website. History of Halprin's role is in the History section.
April 30, 200619 yr It is needed even less than the one in cleveland, and cleveland is planning on getting rid of theirs.
May 31, 200619 yr Author Not really transportation related, but it does regard one of the major roadways connecting the Norh Hill neighborhood of Akron and downtown. From the Akron Beacon Journal 5/31/2006 City may fence in bridge By Delano R. Massey Beacon Journal staff writer Gazing at a scrapbook filled with poems, pictures and other things that make her smile and giggle because they jog her memories of her son, Carolyn Conley released a sigh. ``We would have sold our souls to get this kid back on his feet,'' she said of her youngest son, Kevin. Clinching a coffee mug with both hands, Robert Conley, 56, absorbed his wife's words as the couple sat in the living room of their West Akron home. ``It was like a five-year war,'' he said. ``Some battles you won, some you lost. The biggest one we lost.'' That loss came about 5:30 p.m. on March 30 when Kevin Conley, 20, took his own life. A woman saw Kevin smiling as he walked by himself on the south side of Akron's All-America Bridge, commonly known as the Y-Bridge... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff writer John Higgins contributed to thisarticle. Delano R. Massey can be reached at 330-996-3640 or [email protected]. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/14705041.htm
June 14, 200619 yr From the 6/12/06 Cuyahoga Falls News-Press: Interchange at Route 8, Seasons Road in planning stage by Lauren Krupar Reporter Cuyahoga Falls - An interchange at Route 8 and Seasons Road, on the border of Cuyahoga Falls and Stow, is closer to reality, city engineer Tony Demasi said when presenting a plan to share the cost of preliminary engineering plans for improving Seasons Road. The plans, which would cost Cuyahoga Falls no more than $25,000, would be performed by Stow, Demasi said. “The state’s designing a new interchange at Seasons and state Route 8 and are scheduled to begin in 2008,” Demasi said. “An update to Seasons Road would be desirable due to an anticipated increase in traffic.” Read More...
October 7, 200618 yr From the 9/27/06 News Leader: Plans sought for Route 8 bypass by Eric Marotta Editor Northfield Center - Proposals from engineering firms were due Monday for preliminary design work on the southern half of a proposed access road that would parallel Route 8 from Highland Road to Hines Hill Road. In the meantime, there are no plans to proceed with engineering of the northern half of the road, according to Brian Stormer, spokesperson for the Summit County Engineer’s Office, which is overseeing the project. The new road, which the engineer’s office estimates would cost $8 million, would extend from about 2,000 feet north of Hines Hill Road in Boston Heights to Highland Road in Macedonia. Read More...
November 27, 200618 yr Since there are complaints about there not being enough Akron-centered topics, I thought I would bring up one that I deal withe every single day...Ohio 59, or the Akron Interbelt. The Issue: The Interbelt was never finished. Originally envisioned a super expressway that linked Akron, Barberton, Kent and the Valley, the only section that was completed was a measly 2.4 mile stretch right thru dowtown, cutting off west akron with downtown. The expressway stops at Main Street, and MLK Blvd/Perkins is a wider 4 lane street to route 8 with only 3-4 lights. The proposals: #1- change 59 into a six-lane boulevard all the way from Ohio 8 to 76/77. The land that would be freed up would be turned into a biomedical district linking Children's/General hospitals with Akron City. #2- Fix the south terminus and allow westbound travelers to get on 59 directly. Currently, you can't do that. #3- Finish the x-way, at least to Ohio 8. It's probably a good thing that the Valley section wasn't completed. Could you imagine the pollution this would have caused? What are your thoughts?
November 27, 200618 yr First of all, welcome! Me personally, I'd like to see it turned into a six lane boulevard. Every time I take the innerbelt to go downtown, I notice two things. One, how cut off the residential on the west side is. Any kind of development, biomedical or otherwise, cuts off at the freeway, leaving a stark line where investment and improvement are separated form deteriorating housing stock. Kinda the same way the Cleveland Clinic and the Fairfax seem to have nothing to do with each other (re: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=11170.0 ) But take a look at this website. There is at least some interested parties out there. But sadly, if you look at the multimedia section about the commercials they've been able to shoot on the innerbelt, an Australian location scout (or something) says they looked all over the US for places where they could use the road for up to 10 weeks and they found Akron. Presumably for my second reason-it is always empty. http://www.akroninnerbelt.org/ I cannot remember ever, ever seeing more the a handful of vehicles there. Whether or not that is to do with the entire plan never being fully realized, or a general downturn in the region's economic development or whatever, a major artery has been built to direct traffic downtown in numbers that are really unrealistic. I'd love downtown Akron to be bustling with the kind of traffic that would necessitate such a large freeway-it just hasn't happened. There's a lot of great projects in Akron, but most seem to be located over near 8 and UA right now. Maybe projects like the Northside Lofts and the new Art Museum will help bring traffic up to the point where the size that 59 is will seem appropriate, but it hasn't yet. The only real seismic change that I think could do it (and this of course goes for all cities) is a major infusion of new jobs downtown. If only I had a corporation with 5000 jobs in my back pocket I could drop on Main somewhere. But since I don't, and believe me I would have noticed 5000 people in my back pocket, I gotta think resizing the innerbelt to a more realistic boulevard would be the best option.
November 29, 200618 yr The Central Interchange Project (see http://www.centralinterchange.org) is the greatest hope for the Innerbelt. If they don't connect I-76 to it on both sides it will never be well utilized. Traffic engineers have looked at the full connection proposal and estimated that traffic would increase between 50%-90%, which would bring it to the level of I-277 or other smaller arterials. In the scope of a $550 million dollar proposal, the $20 million to provide a full connection is next to nothing. AS far as development Downtown, I would rather see infill, epically around the stadium before the city can honestly say 'we need land'. Also, I think if Akron is wise they will wait to see the results of the West Shore way project.
November 29, 200618 yr Also, I think if Akron is wise they will wait to see the results of the West Shore way project. Or they could check out Milwaukee: http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/milwaukee/park.html or San Francisco http://www.aia.org/nwsltr_aiaj.cfm?pagename=aiaj_a_20051201_embarcadero I would also like to see it turned into a Boulevard with the street grid back in place in the "Opportunity Park" (old BF Goodrich HQ area south of Downtown). It's impossible to get around that area of town. It's more like a suburban area than a city... with isloated islands of public housing.... and Akron General Hosp....and one way streets...
November 30, 200618 yr Note that both of those communities have robust regional economies and those freeways were hampering the expansion of their core. How can the City of Akron expect to find developers for all this new real estate when they can't fill the current ones downtown (even remodeled buildings, see Cedar and Main). IMO, the city doesn't have an argument until downtown is full. I will agree that Opportunity Park is awkward epically with the Falor St bridge to BFG never rebuilt. If you ever have time visit the Arts and Sciences building on the campus of the University of Akron, do it. They have aerial photography of Akron for every decade in the lobby. Opportunity Park was far more integrated into the urban fabric before the 70s. From what I read, it was also extremely impoverished, being one of the few neighborhoods in America to be in LBJ's Model Cities program.
April 9, 200718 yr From the 1/24/07 News Leader: Proposed stadium could require revisions to Route 8 freeway plans January 24, 2007 by Jeff Saunders Reporter North Summit County -- As plans to turn Route 8 into a limited access highway between Interstate 271 and Route 303 near completion, transportation officials say the new highway may not be able to handle traffic from a 20,000-seat soccer stadium planned for the area. Maureen Bachman, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Transportation's District 4 office in Akron, said ODOT's plans for the Route 8 corridor do not take into account the kind of traffic that would come if the Wolstein Sports and Entertainment Group builds the stadium and adjacent retail center. "That would certainly change the dynamics," she said. "All we can do is find out what the [stadium] plans are and look at our plans and see if they need to be revised." Read More...
April 9, 200718 yr From the 1/31/07 News Leader: Route 8 work may cut hazards January 31, 2007 by Jeff Saunders Reporter Nordonia Hills -- Macedonia's Route 8/Highland Road intersection had one of the highest number of vehicle crashes in Summit County over a three-year period, but local officials believe that upcoming construction may rid the corner of this distinction in the next few years. "It's going to relieve the amount of stop and go," said City Engineer Fred Tufts. "It will also increase the capacity of the road." According to a report released late last year by the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study, the Route 8/Highland Road intersection had 134 traffic accidents from 2002 trough 2004, which was fifth highest in the county. Read More...
April 9, 200718 yr From the 2/10/07 ABJ: Route 8 shuffle on horizon Extensive construction project aims to lessen congestion in northern Summit; expect closures By Bob Downing Beacon Journal staff writer Motorists will soon see work getting under way on the $111.2 million state Route 8 project in northern Summit County, and that means headaches can't be far behind for the 40,000 who travel that road daily. The state's goal is to create a limited-access highway with less congestion and fewer traffic signals and crossroads that slow traffic on 4.7 miles of highway between state Route 303 in Boston Heights and Interstate 271 in Macedonia. The project's first phase includes the closure of Twinsburg Road about March 1 so that Route 8 can be bridged overhead. Read More...
April 9, 200718 yr From the 3/1/07 Nordonia Hills Sun: Life in less lanes now the rule along Route 8 Thursday, March 01, 2007 By Pat Salemi Nordonia Hills Sun Neon flashing signs now warn State Route 8 motorists of possible lane closures between Interstate 271 and Twinsburg Road. Maureen Bachman, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Transportation, said officials are recommending that commuters begin to plan alternate travel routes because traffic snarls are expected as the project progresses. Phase 1 of the largest project in the history of ODOT's District 4 is expected to take about three years to complete, Bachman said. She said it is estimated to cost about $91 million and will turn SR 8 into a limited-access highway with less congestion, fewer traffic signals and better access to and from I-271 and SR 8 and to and from Highland Road. Read More...
September 10, 200717 yr Risk of landslide near I-77 State EPA warns landfill's owner Monday, September 10, 2007 3:31 AM CANTON (AP) -- Cracks as wide as a half-inch along a wall at a problematic landfill in northeastern Ohio should be fixed before a landslide takes place near a well-traveled highway, state environmental officials have warned. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency directed Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility in an Aug. 22 letter to measure whether the soil is slipping and consider installing supports to strengthen a wall at the landfill, which runs next to I-77 in Stark County's Pike Township... http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/09/10/z-apoh_akronlandfill1_0909.ART_ART_09-10-07_B5_2U7S1ES.html?sid=101
August 28, 201212 yr I thought I'd dust off this topic since it wasn't heard from in quite a while. The real reason though is I was watching Feagler on the boob tube and a journalistic buddy of his greg saber mentioned very off cuff when discussing the innerbelt story with kasich coming to town to get that project done, that the Rt 8 project was a massive waste of money and didn't solve anything. That is the first time I've heard that opinion. Certainly people are entitled to their opinions but he said it so non-chalantly that i wondered if it was more than that. My opinion is it was absolutely needed. There has been zero negative feedback in Summit Co that I've seen. The only negative is that it was a pain to have to commute through the construction. Its not perfect now but only because that stretch of 271 needs widened before it hits 480. I'm not a huge proponent of highway spending but when it becomes dangerous like old rt 8 was with the lights stoppng people or the cops, i can't imagine someone belittling a solid, needed project like that.
August 28, 201212 yr I thought I'd dust off this topic since it wasn't heard from in quite a while. The real reason though is I was watching Feagler on the boob tube and a journalistic buddy of his greg saber mentioned very off cuff when discussing the innerbelt story with kasich coming to town to get that project done, that the Rt 8 project was a massive waste of money and didn't solve anything. That is the first time I've heard that opinion. Certainly people are entitled to their opinions but he said it so non-chalantly that i wondered if it was more than that. My opinion is it was absolutely needed. There has been zero negative feedback in Summit Co that I've seen. The only negative is that it was a pain to have to commute through the construction. Its not perfect now but only because that stretch of 271 needs widened before it hits 480. I'm not a huge proponent of highway spending but when it becomes dangerous like old rt 8 was with the lights stoppng people or the cops, i can't imagine someone belittling a solid, needed project like that. What he probably means by "it didn't solve anything" is just what you said...now 271 needs to be widened, and if they did that, then 422 and 480 would need to be widened, then 77 and 176, etc. And by the time they were all widened, enough new sprawl would have been enabled to cause them all to need to be widened again. However, I will say that as freeway widening projects go, SR 8 was one of the better ones, as freeways are meant to connect cities rather than just facilitate sprawl, and SR 8 does at least provide another Cleveland to Akron connection. The real wastes are those such as the widening of SR 2, which will just keep offloading the traffic backups further east.
August 28, 201212 yr Well its pretty much 3 highways with 2 lanes each coming together in 3 available lanes is the problem. I'd like to see an exit lane from 271 n to 480 east if there is ever an update. That could probably take some strain off of rt 82. 3 miles of express lanes would work wonders.
December 5, 201410 yr Akron moving forward with Innerbelt project Beacon Journal staff report Published: December 5, 2014 - 10:43 AM | Updated: December 5, 2014 - 10:43 AM The city of Akron finally is moving forward with a project that has been discussed for years: doing away with the Innerbelt. Plans call for Dart Avenue and Rand Avenue, both one-way streets, to be improved and eventually to be the northbound and southbound routes through the center of the city, replacing the state Route 59 corridor also known as the Innerbelt. http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/akron-moving-forward-with-innerbelt-project-1.546973
December 5, 201410 yr If that article is correct (I'd seriously want a double-check on this, it seems surprisingly cheap), the tab for the entire removal project is $12.7 million, which means I think we have to assume the plan is "just get rid of the damn thing." We can worry about filling the space with trees, infill development, or a moat of boiling lava later.
December 5, 201410 yr If that article is correct (I'd seriously want a double-check on this, it seems surprisingly cheap), the tab for the entire removal project is $12.7 million, which means I think we have to assume the plan is "just get rid of the damn thing." We can worry about filling the space with trees, infill development, or a moat of boiling lava later. Yes, I assume they are just going to close the on/off ramps for the cost. I don't see how they could do much more.
December 5, 201410 yr /\/\ that's big, but I think this is even bigger It's a transportation project, so I posted it in the transportation section. And unless they're actually doing more than just closing ramps and changing signs, which is about all you could do for $12.7 million, I wouldn't get too excited about it yet. Don't get me wrong, it's a good start. Emphasis on the word "start." "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 6, 201410 yr /\/\ that's big, but I think this is even bigger It's a transportation project, so I posted it in the transportation section. And unless they're actually doing more than just closing ramps and changing signs, which is about all you could do for $12.7 million, I wouldn't get too excited about it yet. Don't get me wrong, it's a good start. Emphasis on the word "start." It said they are going to improve Rand and Dart Streets to facilitate normal traffic usage. They are both currently one way. However, if that means much beyond throwing a stripe down the middle I don't know. If they aren't going to bother to take it out they might as well leave it open unless the overpasses are going to collapse. It at least has a purpose if you are traveling one direction.
December 12, 201410 yr I've been thinking for a few years now that they should tear out the whole thing and turn it into some kind of urban park/preserve, along the lines of Falls Park on the Reedy in Greenville, SC. It would do wonders for Akron to add ample green space and a functional public commons in the heart of the city--something like what Cascade Plaza could've been but failed epically in design and execution.
December 13, 201410 yr I've been thinking for a few years now that they should tear out the whole thing and turn it into some kind of urban park/preserve, along the lines of Falls Park on the Reedy in Greenville, SC. It would do wonders for Akron to add ample green space and a functional public commons in the heart of the city--something like what Cascade Plaza could've been but failed epically in design and execution. Interesting concept, but to what end? I think without additional residential development in the area it might be underutilized. You also have the possibility of it being shunned due to being a bridge from a much higher crime area to Downtown. Or it could get a lot of usage. Who knows.
December 17, 201410 yr Here is more info. about the project. There are no details as to what they are going to do with the Interbelt after this. They are simply going to reroute traffic to the existing roads on either side that were basically "feeders" to it. Those roads are going to be improved. I don't see how much can be done with the Interbelt space given the depth of it and it would function as an island basically. http://downtownakron.com/newsitem/upcoming-project-information-sum-sr-59-akron-innerbelt Proposed Improvements: The City of Akron’s Innerbelt (SR 59 mainline) is a limited access facility connecting I-76/77 to the south, west and north sides of downtown Akron. The current volume of traffic is approximately 17,760 vehicles per day, while this segment of highway was originally designed for over 120,000 vehicles per day. The project is essentially a road diet in which the limited access freeway between the above termini will be removed with traffic rerouted onto Dart Avenue and Rand Avenue. Both streets will continue to operate as a one-way pair; Dart Avenue for northbound traffic and Rand Avenue for the southbound traffic.
December 17, 201410 yr I wonder if there is enough fill to be used on that. It shows the one-way pairs, but no connecting roads in between. I am assuming that the bridges will be removed and replaced with at-grade streets?
December 18, 201410 yr Dart and Rand are themselves elevated, at least for the moment; the bridges are actually at the same grade as the streets that they intend to keep using, so I assume that the bridges will stay so that people can get across the chasm where the Innerbelt used to be.
December 18, 201410 yr Dart and Rand are themselves elevated, at least for the moment; the bridges are actually at the same grade as the streets that they intend to keep using, so I assume that the bridges will stay so that people can get across the chasm where the Innerbelt used to be. I would assume that as well. That is also why I think the land where the actual highway is will become unused. They could fill in in and create "blocks" I guess, but that is another chunk of change and then you have infrastructure and building foundation issues to deal with. Or maybe they just build where the highway is and there are elevated roads around it like the Gojo building.
December 18, 201410 yr The amount of fill-in dirt needed would be prodigious and the benefits would be marginal at best. I think that whatever they build there, it will be where the highway is now, with the bridges effectively becoming elevated streets.
December 18, 201410 yr ^Some infill might be needed, but I don't think it would be all that big of a deal to demo the bridges over the Innerbelt and convert them into graded streets. Akron is a city of hills after all. We're not exactly intimidated by them. Plus it would add a whole new walkable section to downtown that could, if done properly, offer additional storefronts for shops, restaurants and entertainment as well, in addition to corporate offices, apartments/condos and medical facilities. I recall that the S. Broadway bridge was supposed to have been demoed the same time they took down S High St.'s, but the city didn't want to interrupt traffict to and from Gojo's loading dock. So it remains in place for now. Sooner or later they will have to repair it, however. Perhaps by then, Gojo might also be looking for a new building to move into.
December 18, 201410 yr ^Some infill might be needed, but I don't think it would be all that big of a deal to demo the bridges over the Innerbelt and convert them into graded streets. Akron is a city of hills after all. We're not exactly intimidated by them. Plus it would add a whole new walkable section to downtown that could, if done properly, offer additional storefronts for shops, restaurants and entertainment as well, in addition to corporate offices, apartments/condos and medical facilities. I recall that the S. Broadway bridge was supposed to have been demoed the same time they took down S High St.'s, but the city didn't want to interrupt traffict to and from Gojo's loading dock. So it remains in place for now. Sooner or later they will have to repair it, however. Perhaps by then, Gojo might also be looking for a new building to move into. The feeder roads of Dart and Rand are at the same elevation as the bridges that go over the highway. If you get rid of the bridges there would be no way to get across the highway stretch.
December 18, 201410 yr ^I had assumed that those would be reconstructed in some manner as well. If all they are doing is tearing up the Innerbelt highway pavement itself and then building on its present footprint, with all of the overhanging bridges and service roads still remaining intact, I can't see this really benefiting the city anywhere near to the extent that the mayor has long suggested it would. Really, what's the point if it's a half-step forward? I say go all in, gut it all out, and remake it into something that will transform downtown and get people to take a fresh look at the heart of the city.
December 18, 201410 yr Not to be callous or anything, but the point of going a half step forward is to be further ahead than you were before. What you're talking about could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, not tens. That money simply isn't there and likely won't be there for the foreseeable future; we are, after all, talking about land that isn't exceptionally valuable otherwise (contrast, e.g., reclaiming freeway spurs that go into the heart of downtowns in larger cities like D.C.) and therefore isn't worth an enormous up-front expense to reclaim.
December 18, 201410 yr Too conservative is more like it, Gramarye. Money can be budgeted and raised. It's all a matter of policy and priority.
December 18, 201410 yr I understood at least part of the impetus to moving on this project is precisely because the overpasses need repair work and it the amount of traffic going through the Innerbelt didn't justify the expenditure. If that is the case then it wouldn't make much sense to leave them.
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