Over the last 17 years, for example, traffic on Grandview Parkway has only increased by 23%. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) assumes that traffic will continue to increase on our roads anywhere from 34% to 63% over the next 23 years. So far, cost estimates for the projects are not available.Ģ) MDOT’s traffic projections should be taken with grain of salt. Here are my reactions:ġ) Board can’t decide without first understanding costs.įirst and foremost, the board needs more information, including cost estimates, before prioritizing a list of transportation projects. The document, which can be found here, is intended to help the TC-TALUS board prioritize major transportation projects for the region’s long-range transportation plan. The memo also included a chart that summarized the congestion relief some widening projects might provide to other roads. Recently, TC-TALUS-this region’s transportation and land use planning body-released a memo that described the challenges with our road network’s ability to handle the traffic that travels between the east and west sides of the Grand Traverse region. Even if the Grand Traverse Road Commission builds a bridge to connect Hartman and Hammond roads, traffic on Beitner Road will be 75% over-capacity sometime between 20, according to MDOT’s traffic projections.
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