Who’s To Blame For The Traffic Mess In Edmond?
I get lots of e-mails from readers unhappy with the road construction around Edmond.
As an example here is part of one of the e-mails I recently received – With 33rd street being an alternate route due to construction on Memorial at Broadway, why wasn’t the rail crossing repaired BEFORE the work on Memorial began? “
Its easy to point the blame at the city leaders, but some of these projects and their schedules are out of their hands.
The repairs at the 33rd Street railroad crossing was a Burlington Northern Santa Fe project. The improvements happened as they fit on their calendar. It just also happened to come at the time Kelly was taken away as a route out of Edmond.
Take the complaints about the closing of Kelly from Danforth to Covell. Again the improvements there are being made by the builder of the new Lowes. In an agreement with the city, the widening of Kelly at the stores entrance along with a traffic light was part of an agreement where the builders paid for the expense in exchange for a faster turn-around time. But, who knew July and August would be as wet as they were?
Think about work on Western or Covell. These projects are Oklahoma County improvements. The city pays for the materials and the county does the work. Again, these projects occur when they fit the county’s schedule.
Everyone loves improvements once they are finished. But we all hate getting there. Chaos seems the rule until the completion date. That’s progress folks. Edmond is busting at its seems, we’re in a remarkable reccesion, and oh yeah, gas prices are making the cost of just about everything go through the roof.
The best advice I can give you if you travel in and out of Edmond everyday is to find an alternate route and stick with it, expect changes and buy a Frank Sinatra CD and relax along the drive.
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I’m not sure how it appears to you that Edmond is in a recession. (Incidently, there is one “c” and two “s’s”). Busting at the seams (ncidently, not “seems”) is true; but a recession, not so much. Where is the problem?