No Traffic Problems for North Shore

According to Stuart Anderson, traffic problems around the Majestic Star Casino will be minimal at worst. Anderson is doing a traffic study for the casino to see how bad traffic will be at the area where the casino will be as the casino is being built in the same area as Heinz Field.

The study predicts that on most evenings and weekends traffic will not be an issue as most casino traffic will actually be spread out over the course of the entire day – it is not like everyone will only come at night. Also, Anderson says that the streets in that area are already running at way below capacity, so the additional traffic will not make things unbearable.

The owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates, as well as the Carnegie Science Center have raised concerns as to how the area might handle the additional traffic that the casino will undoubtedly bring in. Anderson says that most traffic will come between 7 and 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, which is off time for the rest of the area. Also, he predicts that on game days most casino patrons will opt to stay home instead of battle the normal football or baseball traffic that is in that area at those times.

The science center is still a problem however, as traffic normally gets so bad during Steelers’ games that the center has to close down. They want to make sure that this kind of congestion does not become a daily occurrence as they have school busses and visitors coming in at all times. If traffic becomes and issue for their patrons, they just won’t come. Not only that, but if it becomes an unsafe environment for kids, not only will they lose business, but they won’t want kids coming where they might get hurt.

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