There are no two ways about it, a new Mercer Street is
essential to the success of the new waterfront tunnel.
City, county and state governments, as well as freight haulers and
many neighborhoods, support fixing Mercer. They recognize that
Mercer will be the critical connection between surface streets and
the new tunnel.
Mercer will be one of only two points where tunnel traffic can exit
to connect with downtown streets. If left as is, cars, trucks and
buses will fight to navigate the Mercer Mess just to get in or out of
the tunnel. Traffic will clog the city center and traffic jams will
spread for miles in every direction.
That’s why the tunnel project agreement among city, county and
the state calls for full funding to change Mercer Street into a
straight-shot, east-west, corridor.
