- January 5th, 2016, 9:42 am
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I agree, however at the same time who thought it was ok to have and why is there 8 lanes out in the country (York County) and 6 lanes within a major city (Meck County)? Coming in to Charlotte should have easily been at least 8 to 12 lanes. If a small town like Salisbury can have a 10 lane highway I'm pretty sure the largest city in NC should have about the same if not more. Charlotte is becoming the new ATL, with people and companies moving here in large quantities. It's just going to get worse. I think we need at least 2 or 3 more freeways lol. 77 and 85 are the only interstate and then a loop. Looks like they're trying to make the first half of Independence a freeway as well which will help with traffic in that area. Coming into Uptown from that area is hell on earth in the mornings and leaving in the evenings.
I know I've touched on it before and Jonathan enlightened me on the subject matter, but I still think they need to aggressively get the rail lines up and going to the for corners of Meck County. I'm talking heavy rail. Light rails do not have enough cars on them, but who am I.
chknwing wrote:the problem with 77 isnt the # of lanes, its all the freaking on and off ramps. thats whats slowing traffic. they just need to close some of them off and traffic would flow better.
I agree, however at the same time who thought it was ok to have and why is there 8 lanes out in the country (York County) and 6 lanes within a major city (Meck County)? Coming in to Charlotte should have easily been at least 8 to 12 lanes. If a small town like Salisbury can have a 10 lane highway I'm pretty sure the largest city in NC should have about the same if not more. Charlotte is becoming the new ATL, with people and companies moving here in large quantities. It's just going to get worse. I think we need at least 2 or 3 more freeways lol. 77 and 85 are the only interstate and then a loop. Looks like they're trying to make the first half of Independence a freeway as well which will help with traffic in that area. Coming into Uptown from that area is hell on earth in the mornings and leaving in the evenings.
I know I've touched on it before and Jonathan enlightened me on the subject matter, but I still think they need to aggressively get the rail lines up and going to the for corners of Meck County. I'm talking heavy rail. Light rails do not have enough cars on them, but who am I.