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Originally Posted by isaidso
Generally, it's better to have truck traffic skirt the periphery of a city. Lots of traffic is just passing through, and if it isn't, truck warehouses aren't usually located downtown anyway. Trucks go to their warehouse, and then smaller vehicles usually redistribute goods to points within the city.
That by-pass north of Thunder Bay looks like a good idea. Cross country traffic doesn't need to detour into Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay is spared congestion, and the city is still linked to the Trans-Canada Highway.
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I strongly favour a Thunder Bay through route:
1) The traffic volumes are greater in the area, so improving the road network there kills two birds with one stone. That would allow for a 4-lane freeway instead of two 2-lane highways.
2) Distant bypassing traffic hurts greatly the local economies of communities along the highways in and out of Thunder Bay.
3) It would not solve anything for trucks coming in and out of Thunder Bay.
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