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With the ongoing and impending budget crisis at CTA on the brink of exploding, it nearly slipped our minds that the full Dan Ryan expressway re-opened for business, after nearly two years of construction.
The project was completed ahead of schedule, but the cost of the project nearly doubled (it is the Chicago Way, after all). The project added an extra local lane between 47th and 67th Streets, and an additional lane each way from 47th to 95th. There are still some minor construction projects dotting the length of the Ryan, mainly landscaping and the erection of knee-high walls along the Ryan's frontage walls. This comes as good news for commuters who've had to fight sardine-tight traffic on the Ryan during its construction, which users of the Edens are just now beginning to experience.
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Woo hoo! Another expensive band-aid's applied to our ever increasing traffic nightmare!
Actually, the Edens hasn't been that bad since the construction started (then again, I get off at Touhy). The past two or three weeks, the outbound morning commute has been VERY fast, once you get past the crush of folks trying to get onto the Kennedy. The inbound commute in the evening has been about the same as normal, even with one lane closed.
Did anyone catch Channel 7 news sound bite from Blago? He was cutting the ribbon for the early completion of the Dan Ryan. To paraphrase what he said: With the early opening of the Dan Ryan, I am excited that the working people can get to work on time and can get to their families at night.
In light of what is happening with mass transit in this region, does anyone else find this as funny as I did?
No, sparky, but I'm cynical and bitter these days about our government.
What does this mean:
The project added an extra local lane between 47th and 67th Streets, and an additional lane each way from 47th to 95th.
There are 2 new lanes from 47th to 67th, and one new lane from 67th to 95th?
Just curious I find the wording a little hard to understand.