Widening Highway 101: Three More Years
That two-and-a-half-mile stretch of 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles (from Kitchen-Dick Road to Shore Road) will still be widened to four lanes — but not until 2011. Well, it’ll be started in 2011; and completed in 2013.
But how much good is this gonna do anyway? In areas that are growing rapidly (e.g. urban California), there are a lot of disagreements about widening freeways. Will it help the flow of traffic, or will it just encourage more people to drive alone instead of carpooling or taking mass transit?
And according to a lot of theories, widening a freeway will increase traffic bottlenecks on nearby surface streets.
It’s a moot point for the next three to five years anyway, but what do you think about widening 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles?
But how much good is this gonna do anyway? In areas that are growing rapidly (e.g. urban California), there are a lot of disagreements about widening freeways. Will it help the flow of traffic, or will it just encourage more people to drive alone instead of carpooling or taking mass transit?
And according to a lot of theories, widening a freeway will increase traffic bottlenecks on nearby surface streets.
It’s a moot point for the next three to five years anyway, but what do you think about widening 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles?
Labels: Highway 101 Sequim Port Angeles, Kitchen-Dick Road, Shore Road
posted by Tom Harper at 3:39 PM
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