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| Within one month of receiving a complaint about this roadway entrance and how some drivers were not following the signs and making illegal left turns creating a safety hazard---within one month the state has now fixed the issue! |
I received a constituent email last month about an annoying and potentially unsafe issue at a roadway entrance to Wal Mart on Mobile Highway..... from the email:
"I want to bring to your attention something that is
becoming increasingly dangerous in our neighborhood. The Walmart market across
from the fairgrounds has been a blessing for us. However, there are those who
choose to violate traffic laws and are making it dangerous to even be in the
parking lot.
Allow me to explain:
There are 3 entrances to Walmart from Mobile
highway. The one in the middle is a right turn only to enter and exit
meaning those that are coming from Beulah and turning Left into the market must
either use the 1st or the 3rd entrance. The 2nd entrance only permits someone
to turn Right into the lot &that is only if they are coming from the East.
I've noticed more and more frequently that people
utilizing that 2nd entrance to turn left. It happens at least once a week where
I am almost hit by somebody turning illegally here. Last week some idiot came
in through the exit turn lane (@ 30 miles an hour) and literally almost T boned
me! It was very scary because my son was in the car with me and would have been
directly hit by this man. I've spoken with the manager at Walmart and he
suggested I contact you. They have had many complaints about people turning
illegally there. My proposal would be to put up those yellow Poles in the
center line to prevent people from turning left there. I've seen them utilized
with success on Pine Forest Rd at the interstate entrance.
What do you think?"
After I received this email, I sent it to the roads department. They, in turn, sent it to the state roads department, FDOT. Fast forward a month--and SHAZAM!!--I get this email from staff, below:
"Thanks to excellent coordination between the County, FDOT,
and FDOT’s contractor, the flexible delineators were installed in just over a
month from the time of the request. The photo, looking southeast, below
was from yesterday evening. Please let me know if you need anything else.
Who says government always moves at a snail's pace?!?
1 comment:
Watch some idiot drive around them one of these days. I might assuming the traffic was absolutely dead and no one was out (say at midnight). Otherwise I wouldn't.
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