tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post7344152975362375105..comments2023-10-25T06:04:16.174-04:00Comments on Dr. Traffic: I-485: Still no planUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-29474108845732380782009-03-23T16:41:00.000-04:002009-03-23T16:41:00.000-04:00I fail to see how widening 485 from providence to ...I fail to see how widening 485 from providence to 77 will help. It will only add traffic quicker to the standstill on 77 northbound in the mornings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-8692483540651675562009-03-23T12:00:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:00:00.000-04:00Government planning usually proves to be inefficie...Government planning usually proves to be inefficient and expensive, and government-run roads are no exception. <BR/><BR/>Because there is no price mechanism to balance the supply and demand of government services, the result is shortages and rationing. Thus, we have rush hour traffic daily and the service providers have no direct incentive to improve the situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-15472113529077778532009-03-20T18:02:00.000-04:002009-03-20T18:02:00.000-04:00Can anyone understand a word Bev Perdue says?Can anyone understand a word Bev Perdue says?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-91799864947174135642009-03-20T11:27:00.000-04:002009-03-20T11:27:00.000-04:00Why would anyone question the integrity of the Gov...Why would anyone question the integrity of the Governor – If she says she can build a 7mile 8 lane road on land the state does not own in under 4 year – I support that. Its better then the last handful of Governor who kept saying wait wait wait….Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-41112133773161285712009-03-19T23:05:00.000-04:002009-03-19T23:05:00.000-04:00Big Surprise. That's what we get when we vote for...Big Surprise. That's what we get when we vote for enviromental wacko's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-19832577112116748812009-03-19T11:28:00.000-04:002009-03-19T11:28:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.kickazzz2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/12827635375720230228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-90626920211891758362009-03-19T08:31:00.000-04:002009-03-19T08:31:00.000-04:00When I moved to Charlotte in the early 90's, Ralei...When I moved to Charlotte in the early 90's, Raleigh was in the process of adding a fourth lane to its completed three-lanes-each-way bypass(which is now its inner bypass). Charlotte had just opened the first, two-lanes-each-way leg of its bypass. I never could figure out why anyone in NCDOT would think that Charlotte's population warranted a four-lane bypass while Raleigh needed an 8-lane bypass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-3781785825677907612009-03-19T06:33:00.000-04:002009-03-19T06:33:00.000-04:00What a joke.Why anyone believed that crap about fi...What a joke.<BR/><BR/>Why anyone believed that crap about finishing 485 "ahead of sked" escapes me. It was instantly <A HREF="http://charlotte.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=3340" REL="nofollow">absurd</A>.<BR/><BR/>There is no money. Period.<BR/><BR/>As for the Southern leg's capacity, NC DOT built it to "rural bypass" standards. I kid you not.JAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093146842739423564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-46040069827209356682009-03-19T02:45:00.000-04:002009-03-19T02:45:00.000-04:00Keep in mind that the Perimeter, as its known in A...Keep in mind that the Perimeter, as its known in ATL, has brought more trouble than its worth. There are parts that have eight lanes going each way and it is still at a dead standstill for most of the day.Jay Heikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631622302359320296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-21500043212027703612009-03-18T23:01:00.000-04:002009-03-18T23:01:00.000-04:00As of May of this year, Atlanta's outerbelt will h...As of May of this year, Atlanta's outerbelt will have been completed for forty, count'em 40 years. How can Charlotte be 40 years behind Atlanta? What a corrupt state govco, NC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-51071231100951968052009-03-18T22:52:00.000-04:002009-03-18T22:52:00.000-04:00unfortunately when the design was committed to bui...unfortunately when the design was committed to build the section of 485 on the south east part of the county, nothing was there. When they bought the land, designed the road, and originally opened 485 from hwy 74 to I-77 there wasn't much out there and traffic was relatively light to begin with. <BR/><BR><BR/>And then... everything exploded on that side of town. But yet no one with the NC DOT paid notice that traffic was dramatically increasing. Basically its like someone had a heart attack, went to the hospital, died hours later, was put into the morgue - AND then the Dr. runs into the room with a crash cart. <BR/><BR><BR/>Someone should have AT LEAST built the bridges so that the road could be widened. Heck when I-77 was built 40 years ago they designed the road to accommodate growth. These idiots did fix the design flaws of the original section when building the newer segments, it just of course doesn't help the current problems in Ballentyne and Pineville.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300264840206941820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-11607383449172903702009-03-18T22:45:00.000-04:002009-03-18T22:45:00.000-04:00Blame this one on Mrs. Bev Jason H. ... I knew she...Blame this one on Mrs. Bev Jason H. ... I knew she was on a pipe dream when she made that statement....<BR/><BR/>And if you think you can do any better why don't you go get yourself a Civil Engineering degree and move to Raleigh .... better yet take the bus to work and stop your whiningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126774434485619560.post-84374004639488377612009-03-18T21:18:00.000-04:002009-03-18T21:18:00.000-04:00These idiots who planned the road need to all be f...These idiots who planned the road need to all be fired.<BR/><BR/>Just drive the belt and look at the design: 4 and 5 lanes in places like ALbemarle Rd. and on the south end around Brookshire back to Pineville. Where were their brains when they made 2 lanes from Hwy 74 to I-77. I sit in that traffic every day and have to wonder if a monkey could have come up with a better design and plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com