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Mon-Fayette Expressway:  PA-51 to I-376 Section

BENEFITS FOR COMPLETING THIS SECTION

REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Improves accessibility throughout the region

Reduces backup at the Squirrel Hill Tunnel by 75%

Reduces traffic on PA Route 51 by 25%

Reduces traffic on city neighborhood streets by 40% (including overweight, oversized and/or hazardous materials trucks)

Takes hazardous trucks off neighborhood streets

Linked to the Martin Luther King Busway

PROMOTES ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION

Improved access to nine major brownfield sites

Access for 715 manufacturers that employ 25,000

Community redevelopment in 47 communities

Improves access for intermodal commerce

Promotes in-fill development