🚀 go-pugleaf

Mike Scheinberg <mike.scheinberg@iname.reomve-this.com> wrote:

>Hey all... relatively new poster to this group...
>
>I've been hearing about the new improvements to the "mixing bowl"
>interchange which will, apparently, be the most complex in Virginia
>history.  Recently, the construction estimates that it should be
>finished in about six years.  In this time, traffic will be snarled for
>quite a while with lane closures, new traffic patterns, and detours. 
>Yikes!
>
>As I am relatively new to the area (moved from Chapel Hill, NC to
>Arlington),  I'm wondering if anyone has some DETAILED info about what
>the interchange will look like upon completion.  What configuration will
>these "Express" and "Local" lanes take?  How will the HOV lanes work? 
>Will there be a full interchange with VA 7900 (Franconia-Springfield
>Pkwy)?  Whether it be maps, a detailed description, a web site, a short
>poem about it, anything would be helpful.

By the time they get it done, because the VA politicians believe in
uncontrolled growth, it will be time to make it bigger all over again,
no matter what design they choose.

I won't say where I live, but I travel 20 miles of interstate to and
from work, and unless there is an accident, traffic moves at the speed
limit and sometimes even 10-15 over the limit. I am telling you this,
to suggest moving to where commuting is easiest.