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Article: Project's delay could cost drivers millions More crashes, congestion likely at Zoo Interchange
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2009
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By TOM HELD
Congestion and additional crashes would cost motorists $15.5
million a year during extensive delays in the reconstruction of the
Zoo Interchange, according to a draft report analyzing the
deteriorating condition of the overcrowded crossroad.
The assessment by the engineering consulting firm Michael Baker
Jr. Inc. also projected more than 120 motorist injuries and nearly
one additional death per year, based on crash rates in the
interchange that exceed state roadway averages by two to five times.
The Baker report, which is a preliminary Zoo Interchange
assessment, projects crash rates in each year from 2016 to 2023,
assuming the reconstruction of the interchange to correct design ...