I'm sitting on the Turkey Creek (airport) overpass eastbound. 4:20 pm. And traffic behind me is backed up to 47. What a cluster**** of a project this continues to be.
And another layer of paving is needed on the FM 60 part, as you can see the concrete curbing in most areas is higher than the current pavement (plus the current pavement is rough/irregular).AgFan1999 said:
what needs to be done to open it? it looks like the majority of the remaining work is with the ramps to/from 2818.
Are you seriously comparing an isolated and enclosed work site with a roadway work site.jja79 said:
They blew up and rebuilt Kyle Field in less time than this. Why is this taking so long?
That practice (or concept) can be very subjective....are you in a mile long line, or just in a line of 10 cars? The "dbag" that zips up to the front for a cut in line of 10 cars likely does that out of habit, not to be a great person helping traffic flow....tfunk02 said:
My biggest issue is everyone gets over in the left lane too soon and I don't want to be the dbag going by in the right lane. Why can't they have signs saying stay in both lanes until the zipper?
https://texashillcountry.com/txdot-discusses-importance-zipper-merge/
Quite sure just the opposite...daily traffic backup on westbound University Dr / FM60 traffic exiting (turning left) to go south on FM2818...Stupe said:
The main scope of the project wasn't about traffic on 60. It was about traffic getting on 60 from 2818....specifically west bound traffic.
Cars exiting off 2818 onto 60 against fast moving traffic was a very dangerous situation.Quote:
Quite sure just the opposite...daily traffic backup on westbound University Dr / FM60 traffic exiting (turning left) to go south on FM2818...
Captn_Ag05 said:
4:20, huh?
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Quite sure just the opposite...daily traffic backup on westbound University Dr / FM60 traffic exiting (turning left) to go south on FM2818...
Oh, it should apply here 100% lately. People were killing the flow by getting over WAY too soon or doing the lane block method. It was backing it up over 3/4 of a mile at times. It also made people getting on 60 from 47 merge over too soon too avoid looking like a dbag causing issues for people wanting off at the airport. People trying to be too nice and orderly causing more problems than good because they don't teach zipper lanes or have signs like they should.GSS said:That practice (or concept) can be very subjective....are you in a mile long line, or just in a line of 10 cars? The "dbag" that zips up to the front for a cut in line of 10 cars likely does that out of habit, not to be a great person helping traffic flow....tfunk02 said:
My biggest issue is everyone gets over in the left lane too soon and I don't want to be the dbag going by in the right lane. Why can't they have signs saying stay in both lanes until the zipper?
https://texashillcountry.com/txdot-discusses-importance-zipper-merge/
13 years ago, Traditions was all-new and had no access to the south, F&B ended at Turkey Creek, there were no apartments west of 2818, there was nothing north of Raymond Stotzer Parkway on campus except for the vet school, and there were no on-campus living beyond Wellborn.MaroonBloodedAg2010 said:
In 13 years, I never once got stuck in traffic coming into College Station on 60. Now that they decided they would "fix" the intersection, getting stuck in traffic is a daily problem. Then some morons think its a good idea to shut down F&B at the same time so you can't even get around the disaster that 60/2818 is.
Just think though, now that they created a traffic problem, in 10 years they can request more money to fix the problem they created.
milner79 said:
I'm sitting on the Turkey Creek (airport) overpass eastbound. 4:20 pm. And traffic behind me is backed up to 47. What a cluster**** of a project this continues to be.
Comparing the time frame is still apples to oranges because of the type and/or scope of work.jja79 said:
Thanks for sharing that information professor.
The comparison of the two projects was a comparison of the time frame, not the scope or type of work. As I said I know nothing about construction but the time it's taken to advance this project seems ridiculous.