Haupt and Alstin started on the project seven years ago, staging thousands of accidents with stunt riders and dummies to collect data on movement patterns.
The U.S. military broke ground on the project last year to create a staging area for the withdrawal of U.S. troops on the northern side of the Hindu Kush.
In fact, the Commonwealth Games, originally an image-improving project for the city, have now become merely a staging post in a vast urban renewal scheme.