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This is a very dangerous intersection now especially how that there's a Planet Fitness, Smash Burger, Panera, and Noodles & Company there. The heavy traffic that has been created requires a traffic light from the plaza exit. I've seen several pedestrians almost get hit, several car accidents, as well as a near brush with someone hitting me today. Why someone hasn't analyzed the traffic pattern before these new buildings were constructed is negligence/oversight on both the town and plaza owners behalf. Please put in a light there before someone gets killed b
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Louise - Director of Budgets and Chief Procurement Officer (Registered User)
Louise - Director of Budgets and Chief Procurement Officer (Registered User)
R Carle (Registered User)
LJP (Registered User)
Cleo (Registered User)
CitySlicker (Registered User)
Cleo (Registered User)
Nina (Registered User)
Cleo (Registered User)
That may be a better solution if one could be found. Hence a Traffic Study is really needed and the town or plaza owner/developer should be responsible for the costs due to the safety risks imposed on us. The main road running along the plaza is mostly one way which forces congestion at the corner near the bank. Potentially opening up a left turn in the meridian near the middle of the plaza (more towards the Pet Supply store/DSW) could alleviate the bottleneck instead of routing traffic at both far ends. The other thing that might help is a re-calibration in the timing of the lights/turn signals to match increased flow. Also, a simple solution like painting dashed lines to indicate turns in lanes would also increase safety.
It's a shame this dangerous and very obvious issue is still open. Is the town taking the approach of waiting for a tragedy to occur? Their inaction is bordering on negligence and if someone does get hurt, the town needs to be held responsible.
R Carle (Registered User)
Cleo (Registered User)
This site and app needs "like" buttons to like helpful comments such as yours above.
They would start following the rules if the cops around the area issued tickets like they did in other states. See how quickly people would be putting down their phones and using their signals. However, I often see the police texting and surfing their phones at traffic lights themselves not to mention not even using their own turn signals. Hard to get police to enforce the laws when they don't follow them either.
There needs to be an app for police cruisers that will automatically report if a cop uses their own turn signals when making a sharp turn and if they don't, they should get a ticket too.
SCF (Registered User)
What scares me most about this intersection is the crosswalk that isn't at the light but between the gas station and the bank. It is so faded it's almost non-existent. Because it's just past the plaza entrance/exit it seems like a awful accident is bound to happen here. .
LJP (Registered User)
nyarasha (Registered User)
クローズド Lisa - Mayor's Office (Verified Official)