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From: http://burghboyblogs.wordpress.com/
When will Mayor Lukey learn?
Add to the list of mistakes Luke Ravenstahl has made in his first year as mayor his poor decision in supporting the casino construction before a proper traffic study can be conducted.
Then he says, “I think it should be studied. Obviously you won’t have as good of a feel for the impact until the actual traffic is there. But nevertheless, I think it is important to have a study completed prior to the facility opening.”
Thanks, ass. So you want construction on a building to begin first? Wouldn’t you want to enhance the surrounding roadways BEFORE construction so that traffic isn’t a nightmare once the casino is open? Makes sense to BurghBoy.
But a lot of things make sense to BurghBoy that don’t seem to make sense to Mayor Lukey. Is he even old enough to gamble?
BurghBoy wants to take Lukey to Kennywood and watch him cry as the ride attendant to the Jack Rabbit says, “Ohhh, I’m sorry sweetie but you’re not tall enough to ride.”
This article appears in May 17-23, 2007.
Unfortunately the facts and sarcasm are not correct. Having been to Vegas and other casino destinations, traffic is not an issue. What is an issue is a baseball, footbal or hockey game with traffic either filling in or emptying out. And for some reason, neither the Steelers or Pirates cared enough to get a traffic survey until their buildings were fully constructed. Casino traffic will not: close roads, close bridges, or require police for traffic control.
Anyone who has ever been to a casino probably never notices anything about the traffic because there generally isn’t any. It’s like a Mall in March. People trickle in and trickle out. Never has a crowd arrived en masse to a casino and then all left at once. This nightmare is strictly reserved for sporting and entertainment events.
Now you might see a mass of traffic when the casino opens but after a day or two you won’t notice much of a change at all, except a lot more people crying over their losses.