I believe most of this problem is first “volume” . Second would be motorists trying to take a left turn from Speen onto 135 West which holds a lot of traffic back. I will look further into this but all these signals have been recently retired.

With all due respect, I believe the issue is lights timing. I've lived on lower Speen Street for 25 years, and this traffic clogging has appeared only in the last 3 or 4 months. Also, while cars do turn left from Speen Street north to Rt. 135 west, it is indeed a rare occurrence -- particularly on weekday mornings.

Let me cite another example. At 8:25am today, mine was the first car at the intersection of Mill-Pond when the light turned red. Across the intersection, the section of Speen in question -- from Mill-Pond to Rt. 135 -- was already jammed with bumper-to-bumper traffic. At best, only 8-9 cars heading northbound on Speen can make it through the lights at Rt. 135. The timing should be extended to allow 12-13 cars at a time.

*retimed

These new lights especially on Speen Street stink

The problem is if you extend the time to 12-13 cars you now add that time over to 135 which will add those 5 cars on 135 in each direction.
I agree there is a traffic issue here but without extensive construction and widening which just is not in the cards at this time, I think if you re-time one direction we will end up with the same issue in the other direction.
I will look at this again but as of right now we have already done re-timing of these intersections.

I appreciate you looking into it. Believe me, I'm not troubled by sitting in a bit of traffic -- 25 years on Speen has toughened my skin. But, when I witness a daily parking lot occurring, something is definitely amiss. And I fear the likelihood of a massive collision at Mill-Speen-Pond.

Thanks Dean.
I will leave this issue open until I can look again at these intersections and get back to you.

Timing sucks

The timing at this intersection will be adjusted once the work crews have finished their work on the signals and the loops underground around town at various locations. I am guessing a few weeks.

It has been like this for a long time

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