Stick -- Have you tried to go across Melnea Cass then Tremont to Ruggles Across Huntington then via Louis Prang to the Fenway and then either the Riverway or Storrow
What you just typed is exactly what Im talking about. Theres only a couple ways to get across the city and all but 1 are a beligerant clusterfuck. That 1 being ass ave and its still a clusterfuck but its 1 road. Getting downtown is easy you basically just get on any road and drive east. People that dont even want to go downtown still have to go there to get to where theyre going so if there were more options for people to drive north-south downtown wouldnt be as crammed...seeing that basically everyone has to pass through it at some point during the day.
While coming back from Logan today, I saw the progress on the tollbooth demolition.
Allston had about 10 excavators lined up ready to go but no physical progress yet.
Weston was flying. I was shocked to see them already paving near liberty mutual. Also the middle toll booths are already basically gone. They looked like they were already filling in the tunnel with dirt. That was much faster than I expected.
I am sure the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday is also another reason for the haste in getting the tollbooths gone.
I think the deadline is to have it ready before the travel weekend
Correct.
Phase 1 (middle toll booths removed and temporary lanes in place) is due to be completed by the 22nd.
PDF Presentation on Toll Plaza removal from MassDOT
So are they leaving the booths in place at the entrance to the Sumner? Looks that way from the prez, but it only shows 'Phase 1' - no 'Final'.
Leaving them there would seem to be the best option. That stretch of road is totally unique - you have a street-level city intersection, the highway, a lane drop, a 90-degree left turn, pedestrian crosswalks....and it definitely has it's own 'culture' in terms of the 'unwritten rules' of how the merge works at rush hour. I just can't imagine that place being anything close to safe - or even functional - as 'open road' without a complete (and nearly-impossible) re-build of everything between the Logan ramps and the tunnel portal...
So are they leaving the booths in place at the entrance to the Sumner? Looks that way from the prez, but it only shows 'Phase 1' - no 'Final'.
Leaving them there would seem to be the best option. That stretch of road is totally unique - you have a street-level city intersection, the highway, a lane drop, a 90-degree left turn, pedestrian crosswalks....and it definitely has it's own 'culture' in terms of the 'unwritten rules' of how the merge works at rush hour. I just can't imagine that place being anything close to safe - or even functional - as 'open road' without a complete (and nearly-impossible) re-build of everything between the Logan ramps and the tunnel portal...