Travis Fain with the Macon Telegraph has all the details. Here’s the interesting part:
This new protest group, called the Citizens Coalition for Common Sense Interstates in Macon, does not have a design alternative to suggest, Coalition Chairman James Webb said Monday. And group members agree the interchange should be upgraded, he said. But they are calling for a “more regional plan” to move traffic in the Macon area, including a “context sensitive” new interchange, Webb said.
What, exactly, is a “context sensitive” new interchange?
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gt7348b 08.26.08 at 9:44 am
“Context Sensitive Design” or “Context Sensitive Solutions” means that the design of the interchange should reflect the surrounding environment in which the interchange is located. Based upon the article, it seems that the current design does address that this interchange is also the main entrance to Macon’s downtown and historic district or its location near river and other destinations like the convention center. Here’s more from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials: http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/context_sens_sol/
Doug Deal 08.26.08 at 9:47 am
So, if that’s the case, and we make it “Context Sensitive”, the interchange should be broken down, dirty and riddled with crime?
Rogue109 08.26.08 at 10:21 am
I think GDOT needs to call in traffic management expert, Mr. T, for some “tough talk” with Mr. James Webb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAPXGuRIXsA
Game Fan 08.27.08 at 10:52 am
“Those plans, still being studied and awaiting federal sign offs, call for 14 lanes of interstate in an expansion expected to cost more than $300 million.”
This is clearly part of the NAFTA Superhighway. No need for a tinfoil hat here. This stuff is common sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense
Game Fan 08.27.08 at 10:58 am
People ain’t gonna like this stuff when they find out our “Freeways” are being sold out to the highest bidder.
http://www.naftasuperhighway.info/SuperhighwaySpecialUpdate.html
Icarus 08.27.08 at 11:02 am
I-16 is part of the Nafta superhighway? Are they re-routing it out of Texas, over the Atlantic, and back to Savannah? Or maybe you mean that bridge that they’re building from Cancun to Tampa to link it with I-75?
Game Fan 08.27.08 at 11:52 am
If I have to boycott Savannah over this at least I still have a video of my experiences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmiO4SavZI&NR=1
Game Fan 08.27.08 at 11:59 am
These neocon mental stumbling blocks are utterly amazing to me sometimes.
Romegaguy 08.27.08 at 7:51 pm
If people werent flocking to the Macon World Famous Massage Parlors they wouldnt need a new Interchange
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