The traffic problems at Dawson Road, the Thunder Bay Expressway, and Red River Road at rush hour are legendary in the city of Thunder Bay.
The need for grade-separate exchanges and a true expressway come from the sheer traffic volumes of transports and large vehicles on the expressway here. I have been witness to at least two accidents on the expressway involving fatigued transport drivers trying to run a light or drifting across the median. I'm not sure of the actual numbers but I would estimate that, on average, a dozen people die a year on the expressway here because of similar circumstances, not to mention the accidents where people are only injured. They might be small numbers compared to the south but considering the population here - those numbers is unacceptable and easily changed if the government would only invest a little more effort in this part of the province.
Vid - do you have a better estimate than that?
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