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Originally Posted by Keith P.
You would not be able to sell the concept of reversing lanes on either bridge for HOV use. The car traffic is so bad at peak hours that drivers would revolt and use them as ordinary lanes. Ticket them as much as you want, but all it takes is a few to do it and everyone would. Plus the public outcry would be enormous.
The reality is that we need a third bridge. The house of cards that is Halifax traffic means that it only takes one fairly minor incident like yesterday's to throw the entire city into gridlock at rush hour.
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Yeah messing with the Mackay Bridge lanes would be a HUGE mistake. Friday morning a stalled car on the Mackay Bridge Halifax bound had the Circ backed up past main street in Dartmouth about 7 km. And in the evening an accident had the Mackay Bridge down to one lane in both directions. It took me over an hour to get across around 4:30pm.
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