I know. You’re saying “How will I know if the awful traffic gets worse?”
I understand, Bunky. You’ll see.
It’s going to be SO bad …
“How bad will it be?”
It’s going to be SO bad that the Department of Transportation is warning us a week early. That’s how bad.
The fun begins on Tuesday morning, April 9, 2013, at the gigundo intersection of:
- State Route 9
- Mary Alice Park Rd
- Bald Ridge Marina Rd
- and Meadow Drive
in Cumming, GA.
Crews will arrive on the project and be ready to start work shortly after daylight Tuesday.
A portion of Mary Alice Park Road at Bald Ridge Road will be closed for crews to remove temporary asphalt and tie the roads together permanently.
By the end of the day the work will be done, there will be a brand-new traffic signal will be in place and the DOT will return us to simply average crummy traffic in the area!
Yay!
Sure, they still have to finish the right turn lane from SR 9 to Meadow Drive, pave the top layer of asphalt on the entire project, and install the permanent striping, but that’s a piece of cake for our DOT folks!
DOT District Construction Engineer Harold Mull put it this way: “Multiple crews will be working Tuesday on this project. Condensing the work into one day will allow us to cause the least disruption to traffic. Please avoid the area Tuesday if you can. Traffic will flow more efficiently and the overall operation of the area will be greatly improved once these changes are complete. Please be patient Tuesday through this last big push.”
This is America. You can go wherever you want, whenever you want.
We are merely suggesting that you postpone your visit to Mary Alice Park and Bald Ridge Marina for a day.
Unless you go by boat. That would still work and there are far fewer traffic lights on Lake Lanier.
