Q: If a city street has been officially studied & identified as overcrowded for 5+ yrs and city continues to approve
development projects that add even more traffic to the same street without any improvements and traffic accidents increase as a result of overly congested streets, could the city be held liable for injuries and damage to vehicles since they knew the street was over capacity but continued to approve new projects without infrastructure improvements to keep residents safe?
A:
You raise an interesting point, and in a textbook-type analysis, your argument would be strong. But in reality, this takes everywhere, and most courts would not be likely to consider such arguments. Most courts would limit their analysis to the immediate parties at hand. Good luck
Tim Akpinar
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