squarerootofapplepie t1_j2ijewf wrote
Reply to comment by dpm25 in Why do we keep on increasing the number of roads even though statistically more roads create even more traffic? by [deleted]
But it’s a bridge. They’re widening the bridge.
dpm25 t1_j2ijhxc wrote
It's not a roadway widening if it's a bridge?
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2ijs19 wrote
It’s a bridge improvement. I think that the driving force behind this was fixing the bridge, not widening the road.
dpm25 t1_j2ijvnz wrote
Yet, despite that, the road is being..... What's the word?
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2ika1h wrote
Why are you being so pretentious about this, I’m just saying that this is not the same as just adding more lanes to a highway, which has one singular goal, to add more lanes. The goal of the bridge repair is to repair the bridge.
dpm25 t1_j2ikd9r wrote
They are literally adding more lanes.
Literally.
squarerootofapplepie t1_j2iktz7 wrote
Ok fine whatever, I give up.
dpm25 t1_j2ilcvr wrote
You are trying to be pendantic about a literal roadway widening.
If roads need repair and they get widened does that not count as a widening in your mind?
Bit strange really as roads, bridges tunnels etc need repair CONSTANTLY.
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