Sep 15 2011
Pittsburgh Road Construction Jagoffs
Ok, so we all know that our roads need regular maintenance. If it wasn’t for that work, we would ALWAYS be posting the poorly maintained roads and community leaders as Jagoffs on our blog. But is there some GRAND POO-BA of Road Construction? If not, WE WANT NOMINATED!!!
The picture above is the weekend traffic on I-79 South headed toward the Kirwain Heights/Bridgeville area. As you can see, it’s 3 lanes PLUS the creative drivers, like us, made a SHOULDER LANE to get to the exit faster. Our scheme didn’t really work. It still took us 30 minutes to go 4 miles. As we took the exit, which put us on Route 50 South (running parrallel to I-79 South) we find THAT road is ALSO under constrution – down to a single lane! (In case you are scoring this at home, that’s two main roads, running the same direction, are under construction at the same time.)
So no biggie, we decide to take ANOTHER route to get to our Bethel Park destination (we go the long way thru Mt. Lebanon) only to find that the there’s a bridge completely shut down on THAT road and we have to detour AGAIN.
What’s that old phrase about “the right hand knowing what the left hand is doing?” Does anyone actually talk to anyone else on these construction projects other than the two people with the walkie-talkies holding the SLOW/STOP switch-a-roonie signs?
All that we know is there is a true need for a regional Road-Construction-Head-Honcho-Son-of-A-Betcha-Thought-I-Was-Gonna-Say-Something-Else position and we nominate ourselves for the position! All that we ask for, in return, is that every construction project be submitted to us, in an 8-part form, 18 months in advance of commencing the work, signed by at least 7 engineers, approved by THEIR bosses and a PDF of sample road signage that will be used so that we can make sure that the signage is aesthtically pleasing to the driving public! Oh yeah, and we ALSO want a universal walkie-talkie that can communicate to any sign-turner in the area so that, when WE’RE in traffic, we can call ahead and tell them to turn SLOW in our direction!!!
In summary, somebody PLEASE call somebody to coordinate these road construction projects, YA JAGOFFS!
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