Not partly, 100% of the reconstruction was infrastructure replacement. The repaving would have taken the same amount of time with or without the sidewalk and transit improvements. This fundamentally is not about urbanism.
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Jason
I understand the Hennepin reconstruction was partly necessitated by the need to replace infrastructure. But it was heavily promoted as a substantial transit/walkability upgrade, and in its wake the neighborhood has suffered mightily, so it poses a political problem either way.
Will Stancil
Road rebuilds triggered by having to replace all the pipes under the road are not actually the "urbanist project" it's just deferred maintenance and yeah, multi year projects suck. It'll always suck. It has nothing to do with bus and bike lanes though.
