That is not an engineering failure; it is a Manufactured Business Opportunity. Now they'll get the contract to build an overpass connecting the two legs which they will sell by eliminating the need for traffic lights which will negatively affect the cross traffic.
Okay Juan, you and your crew go down and start coming my way…just build to the left of the string line. Jose, you take your crew and head the other way and uh…yeah, you build to the left of the string line too, gotta have you guys working exactly the same other wise we’ll have one hell of a mess!
"Very probably the cause is how the land is platted."
Nope. _This_ is what eminent domain is for - to force a sale of the single piece of land that blocks a reasonable road route. NOT to get the land cheaper for a private developer that's a crony of the authorities.
Looks like an intersection in Mexico I've driven, less the military checkpoints as it was near the tourist area.
ReplyDeleteThat is not an engineering failure; it is a Manufactured Business Opportunity. Now they'll get the contract to build an overpass connecting the two legs which they will sell by eliminating the need for traffic lights which will negatively affect the cross traffic.
ReplyDeleteThe change order cost too much.
ReplyDeleteStop in Memphis, I-40 doers. They had to do it for "Cultural" reasons.
ReplyDeleteJpaul
It's real.
ReplyDeleteImagine that.
https://riviera-maya-news.com/public-works-says-the-unevenness-of-playa-del-carmens-sian-kaan-avenue-is-private-land-related/2023.html?cn-reloaded=1
Build back better in action....
ReplyDeleteThat'll git 'em to slow down!
ReplyDeleteNeeds a figure 8 round about
ReplyDeleteVery probably the cause is how the land is platted. You see this most often in rural sections.
ReplyDeleteI see a start line and at least two drag strips.
Okay Juan, you and your crew go down and start coming my way…just build to the left of the string line. Jose, you take your crew and head the other way and uh…yeah, you build to the left of the string line too, gotta have you guys working exactly the same other wise we’ll have one hell of a mess!
ReplyDeletereminds me of ,"Malfunction Junction" downtown Missoula Montana
ReplyDeleteDennis the librarian shusher
"Very probably the cause is how the land is platted."
ReplyDeleteNope. _This_ is what eminent domain is for - to force a sale of the single piece of land that blocks a reasonable road route. NOT to get the land cheaper for a private developer that's a crony of the authorities.
markm
Fuck that both ways. The government should not be allowed to force an unwilling landowner to sell their property at the price the government sets.
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