MA 10-07-CS140718George,
I hope the vacation was awesome!!! Hey, thought you might want to see
what I received today in the Valley Ranch neighbor website. (Not issued
from Valley Ranch Association by the way)
Keep the chin up. It will look great and being that it's ahead of
schedule, us Valley Ranchers need to get over it. Plenty of advanced
warning was given!
Pat
MacArthur Blvd and Belt Line project
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Jul
Stephen Jacobson
<https://lakesofvalleyranchnw.nextdoor.com/profile/1452409> from
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Follow up to my previous communication. In my commute to work I used
alternate routes that added about 20 minutes to my commute each way.
Therefore I used the north to south route on MacArthur since I was going
home earlier than usual yesterday afternoon. What a mistake. The traffic
was horrible and the area was confusing. I was able to see the temporary
traffic light about a block ahead of me and it took over 10 minutes to
get to the light. The light would stay green for the southbound traffic
for less than 10 seconds.
I called and spoke to George Marshall the Coppell traffic engineer.
Quite frankly it was a waste of my time. He was friendly and said he
appreciated hearing my observations but clearly thinks things are going
fine. Apparently the temporary traffic light is set to allow traffic to
pass for 45 seconds but only will remain green if it detects car
movement within 8 seconds of turning green. It can be changed but
requires a programable laser light that he would have to get from the
manufacture and he will not make any effort to get it. His comment was
that he was not aware of the 8 second timing and if he was he would have
not used this light system. I suggested using a traffic control person
during peak hours such as a police officer. He was not willing to
consider this. His belief is that drivers are learning and that
everything is okay. He commented about the cut through traffic and that
a sign was put up to advise drivers that it was not allowed. I shared
with him that the sign could not be seen by drivers coming from the
south on MacArthur and he could not quite understand what I was saying.
He said that they will be addressing the issue of cut through further
and that the police were aware of the situation. My wife yesterday
morning went to Tom Thumb and could not get out of the parking lot to go
south on MacArthur Blvd for many minutes because of all of the cut
through traffic so it does not look like the City is really all that
serious about enforcing the no cut through.
Bottom line is that Mr. Marshall thinks every thing is going smoothly
and will not change anything even with input from the public. When the
light turns green react immediately and be careful. The best thing would
be to avoid the area if at all possible. Cut through traffic appears to
be rampant.
The good news is that the project is ahead of schedule because of the
work of the contractor and the project could be completed by the end of
next week depending upon the weather.
Good luck and be safe.
Steve
Patrick Murray
Paradigm Traffic Systems, Inc.
North Texas Account Representative
2201 East Division Street
Arlington, Texas 76011
817-831-9406