The report, prepared by CDM Smith and obtained by Cortright via a public records request, projected that tolling the CRC would cause nearly 50,000 vehicles a day to shift to the I-205 Bridge.
“These estimates show that the traffic forecasts contained in the CRC are – as critics have claimed – drastically overstated,” said Cortright, a long-time opponent of state efforts to replace the I-5 Bridge, in an email. “CDM Smith forecasts that I-5 traffic on the new bridge will be less than 100,000 vehicles per day in 2030 – barely half the 178,000 forecast in the project’s EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).”
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