Portland's Franklin Street redesign

[DanielPWM19]

If or when this Franklin Street redesign is done, and Foreside is humming along, the northern headed journey to the waterfront from 295 will result in substantially more traffic getting off at the Commercial Street exit. For those headed south, from Falmouth, it's a toss up between Franklin and maybe Forest Ave., to State, then York Street. This redesign doesn't magically reduce traffic, it redistributes it.

The most helpful thing is if they do the traffic circle at Commercial and Marginal Way. It'll never be perfect, but those things should help a little.

I can only hope Portland has the foresight (which it rarely has) to continue reviewing these corridors.