Adding lane lines on paved roads can be a slow process
QI hope the striping on the new asphalt on Lawrence Expressway will be done soon. On a dark night, it is frightening. On a dark, rainy night it is terrifying. …
Park Avenue in
San Jose is now beautifully paved, and all the lane markings in preparation of painting were made well over a month ago, but now nothing has happened. … Driving on Interstate 680 was a “choose your own adventure” around Walnut Creek. Seven lanes of traffic and almost no coherent lane striping, with merges and exits all over the place. It would be a complete nightmare in the rain.
AThere is so much paving going on that lane-striping equipment is hard to find. The cold nighttime weather also delays work, but no rain is forecast over the next week, so striping should be done soon on many roads. We hope.
QI read your column on the construction of the Willow RoadHighway 101 interchange in Menlo Park. I live in the Willows neighborhood and traffic on our neighborhood streets has gone from bad to impossible.
Between 4 and 7 p.m., it is impossible to get out of our driveways.
Other parts of the neighborhood have people speeding down the streets where kids used to play so they can get ahead of cars stuck on Willow.
Everyone is getting frustrated. Drivers stuck in traffic are rude and inconsiderate. My car has been hit twice after Caltrans activated the new stoplights on Willow, breaking the side mirror and putting a big scratch on my rear quarter panel.
Others can’t get home after picking up their kids from school and end up parking blocks away and walking home then moving the car after 7 p.m.
I do not expect this problem to get better when the project is done.
AHopefully, your fears won’t come true. When work on the $70 million interchange finishes, it should ease the weaving woes as drivers exit and enter Highway 101 at Willow Road. Caltrans is adding an extra lane to both the north and south off-ramps and widening the bridge, adding sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides. Only two years to go. We hope.
QI have no problem with VTA charging SAP Center to schedule extra trains after Sharks games. I do have a problem with SAP refusing to pay for them. I can’t imagine that $7,000 is a budget buster for SAP. SAP ought to act like a good citizen and encourage the use of public transportation, not to mention provide the service for ticket holders.
AOthers have expressed the same sentiment. Look for Gary Richards at Facebook.com/ mr.roadshow or contact him at mrroadshow@ bayareanewsgroup.com.