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Related: About this forum145th street closed for seven months to prepare for light rail traffic
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145th street closed for seven months to prepare for light rail traffic (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2024
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jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)1. So long as there is no politically intentional demolition of neighborhoods, consider the re-routing well engineered.
Major traffic arteries are simultaneously the most-sensitive-to and in-need-of efforts to improve the methodologies of their purpose.
I was superintendent of construction for such a project in a small community sat astride a regional main thoroughfare. It covers a broader spectrum of experience than one might initially think. From archaeology to psychology, engineering and installing improvements among the inhabitants of a deed-referenced society is interesting. I marvel at those individuals who integrate themselves successfully and usefully into the complex network that comprises the bones and muscle of America's public works.
pfitz59
(11,460 posts)2. I took this road yesterday
No big problem. The end result will be worth it.
Ferryboat
(1,150 posts)3. Amen to that. nt