Study THIS, assholes... (local politics)

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The overpass of Sterling Blvd over rt 28, which would take one stoplight (and about 15-30 minutes) off my commute, particularly at night, was supposed to have been opened already.  But instead, battling bureaucrats have decided to hold it back because of a neighboring intersection...

Times Community Newspapers - Rte. 28 interchange may open Nov. 28:

The interchange, the sixth in a series of new interchanges being built along Route 28 in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, was supposed to be open to motorists by Nov. 21, according to VDOT project manager Susan Shaw.

However, because of a recently commissioned safety study into whether traffic from nearby Cedar Green Road should be allowed onto Route 28, VDOT said it may be forced to put off opening the interchange until the evaluation is completed sometime in December.

The reason for the study, VDOT said, is that it fears cars on Cedar Green turning onto northbound Route 28 from a stand-still could pose a threat to the flowing traffic on Route 28.

The real curse of all this?  Nobody uses Cedar Green anymore.  Unless you are one of the limited few who actually know that road as a way in or out, you don't bother.  They are basing their decision not on current traffic there (which is next to nil) but on what it used to be when that intersection was the way to avoid horrendous stoplight delays at Church/Waxpool.

And to top it off, nobody comes on at a "dead stop" from there to 28 northbound because they build a 1/4 mile acceleration lane.  There is plenty of space to get up to a reasonable speed, and as I said, with Sterling Blvd being open as an overpass, there's next to no reason to bother to take that old route in the first place.

Jerks.