Didn’t take the folks timing the lights at the 31st St. Bridge more than the blink of an eye to eliminate the light at the bottom of Rialto Street for all the Route 28 commuters. But what about all the folks who now have to use Troy Hill Road as the alternate? Yesterday at 9:30 AM I had do sit through three red lights just to make it up to the intersection at Chesnut Street. Of course I used that idle time and called Council President Darlene Harris’ office to suggest that they re-examine the timing of the lights at the intersection. They are looking into it.
The “additional 1o minutes” it supposedly will take me to go this new route is creeping up to almost 20 minutes….
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My daily commute takes me to Friendship. Normally I head down Rialto, over the 31st St. Bridge and left onto Penn Ave. I can be there in 15 minutes.
With Rialto closed, it takes at least 10 minutes at the lights at Chestnut/Troy Hill/E. Ohio….plus its onto 28 which adds an additional 15-20 minutes….My normally 15 minute commute is now 25-30 minutes….and it’s even worse in the afternoons with the mis-timed lights at the 31st St. Bridge/28.