07-10-2020, 11:58 AM
(07-10-2020, 10:03 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: So a little perspective there, nothing is permanent,
It occurred to me that we think of our road infrastructure as permanent; but it only seems that way because of a massive ongoing expenditure on maintenance. And when it falls even a little behind, people complain, in effect, about its impermanence being made manifest; and complain about how high their taxes are.
Has anybody costed out what would happen to our road expenditure if we reduced all our 4 lane roads in the Region to 2 lanes with turn lanes? I know if would be a massive reduction in asphalt surface area. How big of an effect would it really have on traffic, and how much could our taxes go down with reduction in the amount of maintenance (both winter and pavement)?
And as to traffic, the analysis should be split into (1) immediately; and (2) after people get used to the idea that certain roads are busy at certain times and some of them move their deliveries and trips to off hours.