How long has the process of designing the configuration been going on? Wasn’t the current configuration an after thought?
“Before the planning of the High Five Interchange was complete we were talking about the HOV lane configuration,” Slagel said, “It’s been an ongoing thing for a long time.” Petras said, “When the High Five was going in we saw that as an opportunity.” Since the HOV lane was on the regional transportation plan it made sense, both physically and economically, to do it at that time.
