Question 1

What justifies diverting the traffic on the current service road between Bellevue Ave and Highland to Gillam? There are only a handful of homes adjacent to but not accessing their property to/from the access road. How does this alleviate traffic on Route 1? You are eliminating a lane of travel, only to force that traffic onto roads not equipped to handle them.

Sean Bergmaier · Accepted Answer

This goes back to the purpose and need, we are not attempting to alleviate traffic on Route 1. The goal is to facilitate safe and efficient travel on Route 1 along with system continuity. We are not directly diverting traffic from Route 1 onto any of the side roads according to our studies.

Question 2

What justifies diverting the traffic on the current service road between Bellevue Ave and Highland to Gillam? There are only a handful of homes adjacent to but not accessing their property to/from the access road. How does this alleviate traffic on Route 1? You are eliminating a lane of travel, only to force that traffic onto roads not equipped to handle them.

Sean Bergmaier · Accepted Answer

This goes back to the purpose and need, we are not attempting to alleviate traffic on Route 1. The goal is to facilitate safe and efficient travel on Route 1 along with system continuity. We are not directly diverting traffic from Route 1 onto any of the side roads according to our studies.