One reason to not hate the 408 East West Expressway

Like most Central Floridians, I HATE the 408 East-West expressway during rush-hour. I commute an hour to work in the morning and evening. I come from 60 miles away and end up spending half of my commute sitting on the 408 (which is the shortest distance per highway I drive) . I have literally had a temper tantrum while stuck in grid lock in the midst of a killer migraine and doing the pee pee dance. (The "pee pee" dance while sitting is mostly awkward twitching, not so much dancing or wiggling). It is really the only road that makes my commute suck. Well now I have one reason to not hate it so much. It's going green!!! While the road is constantly undergoing one construction project after another, the Expressway Authority has finally started recycling the old concrete. They used to just throw that stuff in the land fill, but I guess they grew a conscience. They are now incorporating the old concrete into the new concrete they pour. They have saved 100,000 tons of concrete from going to the landfills and back onto the road. The Expressway Authority has saved 7,200 truckloads of material off the road which significantly reduces transport costs and carbon emissions. Granted this isn't the most exciting green initiative in central Florida, it is still awesome and gives me a reason to not hate this stretch of highway... as much. I hope that the success and money savings from green initiatives like these inspires other projects to do the same.