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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Or.....to relieve the constant backups and slowdowns from the already existent traffic.....
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What makes you think traffic won't increase over the next decade? All projections suggest increased development along the entire corridor serviced by the Turnpike. The easier you make it for people to move along the highway (trucks AND cars), the more attractive the route is, the more usage it will get.
I remember in the mid-1980s when I would travel from western NY to South Carolina, I-81 to I-87, to I-26 to I-95 was very pleasant. It was a fairly new road and traffic was light, and the scenery delightful. Now, thanks largely to truck traffic, it's hell.
The same thing is happening on the new I-99 from Williamsport PA to Corning NY. As these routes open up, they become more attractive to trucks, and more trucking distribution centers proliferate along the routes.
They don't build these highways so family vacationers can have a more pleasant journey. They build them to accommodate more trucks.
If you build it, they will come.