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bridge had increased along with the dramatic increase of traffic. In June 2016, there was car crash involving multiple cars that injured five people in total, two of them considered to be seriously injured. The crash was so serious that the road had to be blocked off which caused a serious backup in terms of traffic flow. Just last
November 2018, there was another multiple vehicle car crash that once again blocked off the roads. There were no serious injuries, but it did result in another round of complaints and worries from the citizens of there needing to be a change. These are just a few accounts of the many accidents that have happened throughout the years of the bridge's existence.
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planner a chance to gather information regarding the traffic flow and travel times of the new design. The construction consists of four stages, three of them already completed, while the remaining is still in works. The first stage dealt with the addition of street lights, the second stage was improvements to the intersections, and the third had to do with gathering data that would best help those in charge of the project in coming up with the best new design.
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Maungatapu Bridge was undergoing construction there were many accidents happening across it. In turn, there were many complaints and worries from the citizens who drove through the bridge daily. According to citizens who have driven across it for a long period of time, the danger of the
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Since the bridge has been built in 1959, there have been changes to its design. For example, in 2014, there was a project that implemented a new barrier between the bridge and the already existing one. That project took about two months and is now being redeveloped in the more recent project. The
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improvements in traffic flow and safety. That was all stated before, and now, the project is currently on its fourth stage which calls for the
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