While Cleveland waits for and endures through construction for the new Inner Belt Bridge, there are bound to be headaches. That’s the cost of redoing the main artery through downtown. Just is.
There will be closures, detours, backups, and more than a few near-collisions. ODOT announced one of the first: the Carnegie Avenue exit on I-90 eastbound will be closed from sometime after July 4 for six months.
Midtown businesses are upset, according to the PD.
This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2011.
This wouldn’t be that much of a concern if Chester Avenue’s traffic lights were timed half way decently so one could drive from the highway all the way to UH and the Clinic without having to contend with poor traffic flow. Chester had timed lights in the early 90s, so we know this can be done. Plus the streets that allow you to go up/down two streets are small/congested and/or are in disrepair as well. Fix Chester and the atteries and this isn’t such a big deal.