When the first
ROAD
At first I was able to drive to either side of the closure.
A few days into their work, I drove up and had to stop. A cop car blocked the
road while men were in the process of changing the sign by crossing off the
LOCAL TRAFFIC part. I sat there and waited until they were finished. Cop got
out of his car and pointed to the ROAD CLOSED sign. I stuck my head out the window
and yelled that I lived on such & such street. He told me to go around. And
he didn’t say this very nice. In fact, he was rather rude. Like it was my fault
I lived on that road!
Of course, I almost expected a cop on the other end telling
me to do the same, but there wasn’t one.
Now, the road isn’t torn up in the middle. They are working
on one side. We couldn’t see any reason why we couldn’t use it to get to our
street, but I wasn’t about to argue with the cop.
Found out later that the school busses were also told to go
around (by a cop) AFTER they were told (by the city) that they could drive
through. My friend, who is in charge of these busses, was not a happy camper
about that (messed up his whole pickup schedule). Wanted to know when the
police overrode the city department. He also wanted to know whose bright idea
it was to START this construction after school started. They had ALL SUMMER to
do this work!
I’d kind of like to know the answer to that one, too.
The detour signs crack me up, though. The city sends the
driver a mile north when it’s less than half a mile south to the next street.
You can bet which one I take!
Yesterday at the fitness center I came up with a brilliant
idea. Remember me whining about the sun rising late and how I wouldn’t walk to
the fitness center in the dark? Well, I decided that I could eat breakfast
FIRST, then walk to the fitness center. That way when I walk back, it won’t be
too late to eat breakfast. I’ll just have to quit the outside walks when it gets too cold.
I amaze myself sometimes. Or I’m just slow. You pick.
So… Got any construction woes in your area? Feel free to
rant here!
Happy Friday!
Stacy
9 comments:
What a pain! Sometimes I wonder how they figure out these things.
We have major construction in a nearby city where we shop often. They're widening the street which means they had to take land from many businesses. It's a long stretch of road and it's been months so far. I'll be surprised if they get finished before Christmas.
Do you know how long they'll have your street blocked?
Maria - The sign says 90 days... That would take them into November. I believe the asphalt companies around here close sometime in October, so it'll be interesting to see if they complete it in time.
My city is repaving one of the major streets near my house. I have to either drive on it or cross it to get pretty much anywhere south, so it's a pain. But at least it's not closed! Through most of the summer, they had parts of it down to one lane... to widen sidewalks hardly anyone uses! This to the tune of $2 million. And yet my neighborhood, which has lots of kids and dog-walkers, AND is a bike route, has no sidewalks... go figure.
You amaze me, too. :-) The only construction woe around here is the bridge replacement on Harshman just below Rt. 4. When them began it last spring, Mad River Middle School and Stebbins High both sent home notices of changes in the pick up/drop off procedures to deal with the expected back up. Turns out traffic is flowing very nicely around the construction. Minor slow down but no biggie.
Linda - I amaze you? Awwwww... how sweet! :) I've driven on that stretch of Harshman and the traffic always moved pretty good. Can't say the same about my street, though. :(
Well, that sucks.
We call road construction by its real name - orange barrel storage.
Alex - Yeah, it's orange barrel season here, too. Not too many of those on our street, though. Just big road blocks.
True. They did have all summer. WTF?
Ivy - I think our city is just...SLOW!
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