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Proposed Pipeline Project Will Span State’s Entire Width Permian Global Access Pipeline (PGAP) is proposing to construct, own and operate a natural gas pipeline project that will begin at the Waha Hub, the gateway for Permian gas heading to market, and ends near Lake Charles, La., the heart of United States gas market growth. The pipeline would span 650 mi., and would be 42 in. in diameter. see PIPELINE page 10
At its junction with the interstate, Parmer Lane experiences 111,000 vehicles every day, some 64,000 of them west of the I-35 intersection, another 47,000 east of it.
DDI Will Be Erected on Interstate 35 Officials ceremonially shoveled dirt in Austin last July to launch the latest rendition of an interchange design called a “diverging diamond intersection.” Commonly referred to as a DDI, the design is a relatively new wrinkle in highway architecture. It continues to find favor in the United States for the simple reason that it moves traffic safely. The design is being employed in Austin to ease traffic through a chokepoint on Interstate 35 where it angles north-south through the Texas capital and intersects with Parmer Lane. The local road otherwise is known as farmto-market Highway 734. It’s a busy
road. At its junction with the interstate, Parmer Lane experiences 111,000 vehicles every day, some 64,000 of them west of the I-35 intersection, another 47,000 east of it. Meanwhile, 182,000 vehicles pass below the Parmer Lane overpass every 24 hours, filling the interstate’s three lanes in each direction. While most of the I-35 traffic rolls on by, some of it exits onto Parmer Lane. Hundreds of other drivers make a left turn from Parmer Lane in the course of a day and drop down onto the interstate. The result of all this is lots of idling engines as drivers wait to turn left onto Parmer or to cross the overpass and
turn left onto the interstate. All this leftturning adds up to congestion and highrisk movement. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a decade ago statistically showed that left-hand turns are 20 times more dangerous than right-hand turns. And high-traffic intersections like Parmer Lane and I-35 can only get worse. Boom Town Some cautionary statistics: Austin constitutes the 11th-largest urban population in the United States with an estimated one million people. It’s been designated the fastest-growing large see DDI page 20
The proposed natural gas pipeline project would span 625 mi. and be 42 in. in diameter.
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