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What Improvements Should Be Made at the 51-88 Junction?

A public meeting regarding a road project there will be held on Wednesday.

An estimated $15-$20-million project aimed at improving the busy Route 51-Route 88 intersection will formally begin in early 2013. But on Wednesday, the , which is expected to take two years to complete.

The public meeting, open to all at the Saint Norbert Church Hall from 5 to 7 p.m., will include a 5:30 presentation of what project organizers intend to accomplish at the busy junction that helps to connect a large part of Pittsburgh's South Hills area to Downtown.

Now, we ask you, what improvements are you hoping to see at the 51-88 junction, which covers, essentially, an area from Stewart Avenue on the border of  to Saint Norberts Street in Pittsburgh's Overbrook neighborhood?

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cc July 24, 2012 at 08:04 am
Make the creek another 10-20 feet deeper so it doesn't flood like it did last Friday.
N. Stebick July 24, 2012 at 10:55 am
at the very least widen the lanes, move the busway out of the intersection, and add turning lanes.
cc July 24, 2012 at 01:31 pm
They are going to widen lanes and create another road to get to the bus lane and rt 88 going North. I just wish they would of did this 15 years ago.
Jeff Healy July 24, 2012 at 04:03 pm
A bypass like at the Liberty tunnel so if you are not turning onto 88 you just keep going
Frank July 24, 2012 at 07:54 pm
A hotdog stand would be nice, so that you can snack while waiting in traffic.
Margaret French July 24, 2012 at 08:15 pm
You are too funny Frank.
Charlie Forquer July 25, 2012 at 01:29 am
Eliminate all left turns. Either with jug handles on 51 or under passes from/to 88. This would actually be a great place for a traffic circle no?
cc July 25, 2012 at 11:16 pm
not enough property down there to make a cloverleaf but the new plans makes me wish the construction was already done
Margaret French July 25, 2012 at 11:48 pm
Right, that is going to be a BIG nightmare!
Tim McWilliams July 28, 2012 at 05:04 pm
Blow it up and start over!
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Robert Edward Healy, III (Editor) June 11, 2013 at 11:35 pm
There we are!
Big Red June 13, 2013 at 09:43 am
thanks Robert
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Tom Barchfeld June 12, 2013 at 12:29 pm
They can only do it during their comment time.
Ned Hardt June 13, 2013 at 08:16 am
Things are much clearer now. Interesting audio clip posted on Patch today along with new article.
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Margaret French June 7, 2013 at 09:14 am
Thank you. Yesterday was a hard day for me.
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Ned Hardt June 9, 2013 at 12:54 am
We understand, Bob, it's the new system, not US nor our abilities. Just a shame it takes so long butRead More there HAS been progress. Looks like they need to next work on making the "flag as inappropriate" button work, {sigh} Hey, Margaret, Patch knocked computer off IE AGAIN in the middle of posting this, it's not just you---probably quite a few of us. I know of another website that had similar problems, but finally got it fixed. Hang in there! :-)
Ned Hardt June 9, 2013 at 12:56 am
Only took three tries to get that one to post, haha!
Margaret French June 12, 2013 at 09:23 am
LOL Ned. I am still getting knocked off. I use msn.
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Margaret French June 6, 2013 at 12:28 am
That is the same message I got for days. It was so frustrating.