IPSE DIXIT The Mestre Bypass, a variant of the A4, was inaugurated in 2009 near Venice to alleviate traffic on the original highway, which was designed for 50,000 vehicles per day but had reached 150,000 by the early 2000s. As soon as it opened, the projects drew criticism for traffic jams during the summer months. The congestion was primarily caused by the influx of tourists flocking to the Veneto coast from across Italy. According to the 2003 environmental impact study, the project would bring economic benefits to 2020 of 135 million euros. Fifteen years after its inauguration, the Passante has successfully eliminated nearly daily traffic jams on the old urban stretch of the A4, halved travel times, and significantly improved the environmental quality around the Mestre node. Over the past decade, it has effectively removed more than 220 million vehicles from the urban road section (SOURCE: Veneto highway concessions). «Inaugurated last February as the optimal solution to the traffic issues in that stretch of Veneto, it has now proven to be nothing more than an additional source of congestion and traffic jams.». No more systematic traffic jams in the Mestre areaand 220 million vehicles removed from urban highway section in 10 years. IN SHORT Name: Mestre Bypass Location: Italy/Veneto, Mestre Start date: 2004 Inauguration year: 2009 Criticisms: Ineffective, merely an additional traffic generator Results: Reduced traffic and environmental benefits estimated at €135 million in the 2020 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) From a Greenreport.com article, August 3, 2009 MESTRE BYPASS “SUMMER TRAFFIC JAMS? HERE ARE THE FAILURES OF THE PASSANTE DI MESTRE” Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons licenseDi Lucaf1 - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8261657 SOURCES LA STAMPA L’amara conferma del (non) Passante di Mestrehttps://www.lastampa. it/cronaca/2009/08/02/news/ finito-l-incubo-al-passante-dimestre-1.37059689/ IL SOLE 24 ORE https://barbaraganz.blog.ilsole24ore. com/2019/02/07/cosa-servono-legrandi-opere-passante-mestre-compie10-anni-220-milioni-veicoli-meno-citta/ SOCIETÀ DELLE AUTOSTRADE DI VENEZIA E PADOVA https://va.mite.gov.it/File/ Documento/1291 CONCESSIONI AUTOSTRADALI VENETE https://move.cavspa.it/passantemestre-presente-futuro/ THE BENEFITS OF A GREAT WORK
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