Traffic and Road Closures
Posted by Erin | Filed under Uncategorized
I know its stupid to gripe about traffic, since if you live in a city of any size, bad traffic is a given. But, I hate it nonetheless.
Ever since we moved into our apartment, Bart and I have griped about how poorly maintained Veterans Drive is. Potholes in the winter that you could lose an entire wheel in. Lumpy and bumpy and just plain awful. Unfortunately we don’t really have a choice of whether or not to use it since we can’t get to our apartment any other way. However, many people in this city (myself included when I lived at my dad’s) use Veterans as a “shortcut” to get from 14th St to South Airport Rd and vice-versa, especially going from somewhere in town to the Mall or the Crossings shopping area.
This week Veterans was “closed to thru traffic” so that it can finally be resurfaced. However, this has not deterred people from using it as a passthrough. In fact, it almost seems like people are using it just because it is closed off. Yesterday I witnessed an older woman drive up to the barricades, pause, then make a u-turn, and instead of watching where she was going, she continued to stare over her shoulder at the barricades, as if she was just “taking a curious look” at what was going on.
My message to anyone who lives in or around Traverse City is this: if you live somewhere off of Veterans where you must use it, then fine. If you’re using it as a passthrough, STOP. At least until the construction is over.
September 10th, 2006 at 4:49
Just hammer some nails into some boards, leave them at strategic spots and the traffic will vanish. Wash, rinse and repeat if needed
September 10th, 2006 at 7:02
They had the end of 14th st from Veterans back to Division blocked off yesterday for repaving – so if you were going west on 14th you were directed north to 13th st right at Thirlby Field (about a block west of Union). As Bart and I were going east on 14th to go downtown to breakfast, some idiot had decided that the blockade didn’t apply to them and they were driving on the wrong side of the road on 14th st between Thirlby and Veterans.