Didn NDOT determine that traffic volumes on Carson Street will eventually reach current volumes even after the completion of the freeway?
An NDOT traffic study prior to the City’s Downtown planning efforts concluded that traffic volumes on Carson Street would almost reach current volumes in approximately 20 to 30 years IF Carson Street remains at four lanes as it is today. The more recent traffic analysis considers all potential future traffic in and around Downtown with planned improvements to other streets and shows that traffic will be easily accommodated without reducing overall service levels. At City “buildout:, a two-lane Carson Street will have approximately half the daily vehicle trips it does today.
