A group formed to evaluate solutions to traffic congestion on Free Bridge spent two hours earlier this week poring over large maps of the Pantops area, brainstorming possible ideas. Among the out-of-the box concepts presented were building a light rail line, improving driver education about existing alternative routes and finding a way to remove a […]
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MPO debates future of Free Bridge, city-county road connections
The group that makes decisions on future transportation planning has eliminated further consideration of the widening of U.S. 250 on Pantops to six lanes between Free Bridge and Interstate 64. “I don’t see a lot of space to widen that road, and regardless of what we do, it’s still going to put all that traffic […]
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Long-range transportation planning continues
More than 40 people braved the rain Wednesday to weigh in on the third round of scenarios presented by transportation planners at the Metropolitan Planning Organization. “The round 3 scenarios are looking at projects that are capacity-building for road and transit to determine those that we want in our preferred scenario,” said Sarah Rhodes, director […]
