The Future of Driving/Transportation in Savannah (2014, quality of life)

[Newsboy]

What about the idea of forcing industrial traffic to take the Truman south to Abercorn to get out of town? Do y'all think that's feasible? For the truckers anyway, it can't be any worse than getting stuck in downtown like they do now. The only bottleneck will be King George, of course, but that's going to be fixed within 3 years.

[Airforceguy]

I-16/Jimmy Deloach Parkway interchange improvements
http://www.thempc.org/documents/Tran...une%202013.pdf

[Airforceguy]

City officials look to SPLOST for DeRenne improvements | savannahnow.com

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by Airforceguy

I-16/Jimmy Deloach Parkway interchange improvements
http://www.thempc.org/documents/Tran...une%202013.pdf

This looks like JD Pkwy will be a widened Bloomingdale Road and not an extra interchange. I always thought they'd construct a new interchange like they did for Pooler Parkway.

[TheDarkKnight]

A flyover over Derenne just looks weird because everything is more tight and narrow compared to Abercorn. At least an Abercorn flyover wouldn't be directly in front of many houses like one on DeRenne would be.

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by TheDarkKnight

A flyover over Derenne just looks weird because everything is more tight and narrow compared to Abercorn. At least an Abercorn flyover wouldn't be directly in front of many houses like one on DeRenne would be.

The flyover will only carry traffic off the end of 516 south into Hunter AAF, bypassing the congested interchange with White Bluff Road and taking out just a few houses. The rest of 516 will terminate into DeRenne as it does now. The plan to "double-deck" DeRenne all the way through town to the Medical District has been shelved.

Even so, there's an awful lot of organized opposition to this SPLOST. I don't give it much of a chance of passage.

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

The flyover will only carry traffic off the end of 516 south into Hunter AAF, bypassing the congested interchange with White Bluff Road and taking out just a few houses. The rest of 516 will terminate into DeRenne as it does now. The plan to "double-deck" DeRenne all the way through town to the Medical District has been shelved.

Even so, there's an awful lot of organized opposition to this SPLOST. I don't give it much of a chance of passage.

The flyover idea with roundabout is a good one. I hope this happens in my lifetime.

Personally, I never heard of the double decker idea. Not over DeRenne anyway. Abercorn at points further south (where Truman comes out) and 21 in Garden City is a different story.

[TheDarkKnight]

Well the Abercorn one was thrown up as an idea a few months ago when many people were worried about the congestion that will be caused when the Truman to Abercorn finishes. It's certainly died down.

[Newsboy]

I'd still like to hear some opinions about my idea about eastside industrial traffic being forced to take the Truman South to Abercorn to get out of town, rather than go through the Historic District?

Right now, heavy trucks (many of them tankers carrying chemicals) must rumble down a VERY congested Bay Street (and stay in the left-hand/center lanes because of the tree overhangs), then make a left turn onto MLK to reach I-16, or Oglethorpe Avenue to get to the bridge.

Seems to me that the trucking companies themselves would prefer taking the Truman rather than going through crowded downtown. I think they've been forbidden to use DeRenne to reach 516 because of the hospitals.

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

I'd still like to hear some opinions about my idea about eastside industrial traffic being forced to take the Truman South to Abercorn to get out of town, rather than go through the Historic District?

Right now, heavy trucks (many of them tankers carrying chemicals) must rumble down a VERY congested Bay Street (and stay in the left-hand/center lanes because of the tree overhangs), then make a left turn onto MLK to reach I-16, or Oglethorpe Avenue to get to the bridge.

Seems to me that the trucking companies themselves would prefer taking the Truman rather than going through crowded downtown. I think they've been forbidden to use DeRenne to reach 516 because of the hospitals.

Your intentions are good, but it's really moving one problem from one end of town to the other (granted the Historic District is the real gem on this one). I think until A) A second bridge is built over the Savannah River extending the Truman on to Hutchinson Island and South Carolina connecting it with 17 and on to 95 or B) The double decker bypass over existing Abercorn is/are built, it's not a TRUE problem solver, just a problem mover. haha

It is a real problem though that has existed for decades and one that needs addressing. I hope something is done before some sort of industrial spill disaster occurs.