this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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Wait, do you go over or under the freeway ramps? The map makes me think it’s under, but from your description it sounds like you’re going over?
Either way it looks like a very dangerous walk.
You go over. You go under the overpasses, but the crosswalks will the on-ramp and the off-ramps are level
Ah, now I see. Sorry, I read three and my head automatically only saw the overpasses.
Sorry you have to deal with these kinds of situations. I'd ask if you could address these problems with the town council, but I'm guessing the answer will be very predictable.
Yeah, a lot of people have tried. The issue is really just from a cost perspective and the town council has repeatedly said they won't be fixing anything here due to it being cost prohibitive. The freeway is one of the busiest in the country (although our section isn't too bad) so shutting down an exit or entrance or even an overpass would be bad for business.
It really all just stems from this street formerly being very rural, like you only got off the freeway here to go to 1 other town 20 miles away, or a government agriculture facility. Now there's a mall, Walmart, grocery stores, a few strip malls... Etc., so it didn't matter that the road design was trashy even by 1970s standards when only 50 people used it a day
20 years ago the average resident here probably would've never gone here. Now people commute here.