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INFRASTRUCTURES * USA - Missouri could be testing ground for truck-only lanes
Missouri could be the first to put it to the test on a large-scale
Joplin,MISS,USA -The Joplin Globe, by Derek Spellman -24 July 2009: -- Even before last month’s deadly turnpike crash in Oklahoma, transportation planners across the country were talking about how to go about separating cars from trucks... A study charged with exploring needed long-term improvements to Interstate 70 recently recommended the state add four truck-only lanes to the stretch between Kansas City and St. Louis as the best option... That proposal calls for construction of two truck-only lanes and two or more general-purpose lanes in each direction along the existing I-70 highway... During discussions about how to do that, Bob Brendel, the Missouri Department of Transportation’s project manager for the I-70 study, said, the public indicated it did not like the growing number of trucks on the highway. That number is projected to jump from 10,000 per day now to 20,000 by 2030... If implemented, the truck-only lanes on I-70 “would be a demonstration of an innovative concept that could have other applications in the United States,” he said... But the cost of the truck-only option is formidable: Up to $4 billion, according to the study... That compares with a cost of up to $3.5 billion to rebuild and widen I-70 to six lanes, although the truck-only option would mean a total of eight lanes throughout I-70... (Video from YouTube, by MoDOT video: 21 April 2008: The idea of separating trucks from other vehicles on interstates and highways is gaining national attention)
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