Posted on 03/20/2021 4:57:39 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
GREENFIELD — Orange and white traffic barrels, detour signs and construction equipment stretch as far as the eye can see through the heart of Greenfield, indicating a major construction project is underway.
Road improvement work along State Road 9 on the south side of Greenfield officially started this week, and despite numerous warnings to drivers about the road closure, the work is creating chaos as many drivers are disregarding the construction signs and driving through the closure area.
Greenfield Police Department officers stopped nearly 50 drivers who disregarded construction warnings and went around “road closed” signs and barricades on Tuesday, March 9. An additional 47 drivers were pulled over Wednesday, March 10, for the same type of violations.
The blatant disregard for the construction warning and “road closed” signs is creating safety issues for construction crews as well as the community, police say.
“The detours are clearly marked,” said Capt. Chuck McMichael, public information officer for GPD. “The only time you should be in the closed-off area is to visit a business within the closure or going to and from a home in the closure.”
Mallory Duncan, communications director for the Indiana Department of Transportation, worked with local officials to try and warn people about the full-closure construction. She and McMichael produced a video that was posted last week on the GPD Facebook page explaining the restrictions. But people are having a hard time adjusting.
“With any kind of full closure, there is no through traffic, but there is access for homeowners and the businesses, so if you’re just driving through, that road is not for you right now,” Duncan said.
While there is no through traffic, there are ways to get around the construction zone if people will follow the official detours or use side streets.
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Problems are in english is part of the problem.
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You are a premature merger. Do you also enjoy forming rolling roadblocks?
those are morons writing articles to attempt to justify their little child mentality of taking cuts... If you jam yourself up into the front... if you pass dozens of people who already merged, youre a moron plain and simple. the REASON traffic stops is because everyone has to hit the breaks because of the morons cutting in at the merge point. if common sense doesnt tell you this, then nothing else will.
Please put the state somewhere when it isn’t included in the story.
It took a bit to figure it out, as even the paper’s page didn’t identify its location.
Do we ever. First Massachusetts which has a Greenfield also has a Route 9 but not a Road 9. Route 9 misses Greenfield by several towns. The article made no sense to me as a Massachusetts resident.
Please put the state somewhere when it isn’t included in the story.
It took a bit to figure it out, as even the paper’s page didn’t identify its location.
Do we ever. First Massachusetts which has a Greenfield also has a Route 9 but not a Road 9. Route 9 misses Greenfield by several towns. The article made no sense to me as a Massachusetts resident.
Nope. I violate it also. Just wasn’t at that time. Just rolling along enjoying the ride. I wasn’t rushing to the finish line, a hot date, a beer with friends, late for a movie, yada, yada.
P.S. I am sure you know some of those .2%ers. They are the ones doing 45 in a 65 zone, blocking the left lane.
If states really wanted to prioritize safety in work zones, they’d suspend licenses for a period of time after one violation.
I’d support that.
Note to states: Talk is cheap.
I believe some states make a second work zone speeding violation a CRIMINAL offense.
Who has time to pay attention when I need to tweet something or read a text.
Yet if everyone merges at the merge point, there won’t be any issues or slamming on the brakes - people know when and where they should expect the other lane to merge into them.
The only issue I have, really, is people who specifically jump into the merge lane just to get ahead by a couple cars. They’re the ones who are dangerous and stupid.
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