• joel_feila@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Well did the expand any other roads near by, or have a large business close down. Sound like drmand for that path died down

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      3 hours ago

      No. The problem wasn’t the amount of traffic. The problem was the delay from the lights. It was enough to build up long queues on three of the six entry roads. It turns out when you don’t unnecessarily impede drivers, they don’t become “traffic”.

      A housing allotment (~100 single family homes) was built about a mile down one of the feeder roads. An elementary school was torn down on another road, but a high school and rec center were built on the old site. The number of vehicles passing through that intersection has only increased.