Technical_Hair_4383 t1_j2i4vn3 wrote
I see very few new roads constructed here on the Cape, except for new developments, which are private. Most of the construction here on the roads are improvements -- widening to include bike lanes and pedestrian sidewalks, putting in roundabouts to increase safety by limiting speeds. Local businesses here hate any construction, of course, because it limits access temporarily in a seasonal economy, so they fight it like hell.
dpm25 t1_j2ic6qu wrote
I mean the cape is a pretty good example of road widening. Going from 8 to 12 lanes crossing the canal soon, with no commensurate increase in commuter rail or commuter bus access.
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2ijewf wrote
But it’s a bridge. They’re widening the bridge.
dpm25 t1_j2ijhxc wrote
It's not a roadway widening if it's a bridge?
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2ijs19 wrote
It’s a bridge improvement. I think that the driving force behind this was fixing the bridge, not widening the road.
dpm25 t1_j2ijvnz wrote
Yet, despite that, the road is being..... What's the word?
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2ika1h wrote
Why are you being so pretentious about this, I’m just saying that this is not the same as just adding more lanes to a highway, which has one singular goal, to add more lanes. The goal of the bridge repair is to repair the bridge.
dpm25 t1_j2ikd9r wrote
They are literally adding more lanes.
Literally.
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2iktz7 wrote
Ok fine whatever, I give up.
dpm25 t1_j2ilcvr wrote
You are trying to be pendantic about a literal roadway widening.
If roads need repair and they get widened does that not count as a widening in your mind?
Bit strange really as roads, bridges tunnels etc need repair CONSTANTLY.
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