The Connector will result in a change in the way some people access roadways near their homes and businesses. That is an obvious statement, but it should be acknowledged.
It’s no secret that there are homes, stores, offices and educational facilities located along each of the Connector alternatives. One of the challenges we face in planning for the project is to determine how to design and build ways for indirect access to the roadway.
One of the benefits of the Connector is that it is a limited access roadway to provide higher performance and reduced congestion. To accomplish this, many current access options will not be available. People who live, work and visit services located on the alternatives currently turn directly into and out of parking lots or driveways—but that will not be possible along the expressway sections of the Connector route. One indirect access option is that a homeowner would drive a short distance on a frontage-type road to access a Connector interchange instead of making a left turn out of their driveway.
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