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Our Road Network Is Failing<br />

• Traffic Volume Is Exploding<br />

– Interst<strong>at</strong>e -77: Double the traffic!<br />

• 2007: 87,000 vehicles per day<br />

• 2030: 170,000 vehicles per day<br />

– Local Trips: Triple the traffic!<br />

• 2007: 490,500<br />

• 2030: 1,241,700<br />

• I-77 Expansion A Distant Hope<br />

– Cost: $400-600 million ($2005)<br />

– No funding for design/construction<br />

– Completion: 2030<br />

• More I-77 Shutdowns<br />

– More than 1,000 traffic accidents on I-77 (Exits 10-42) in<br />

2004

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