This entire project was incredibly poorly considered. There has to be a way to get from the shopping center on the north side of Chapanoke to northbound on S.Saunders/Wilmington, and turning right onto S. Saunders to try to cross five lanes to make the u-turn at Chapanoke is unsafe. In heavy traffic, turning out even to travel south is probably not something to be encourage when there is a stoplight just a few feet down that people (previously could) use. I recognize that the housing development behind the international grocery store has caused an increase in problems in this intersection recently, but the required changes should have been investigated before the developers were allowed to use that street as an entrance to the development. As it is, the damage has been done, and the changes that have been made so far have only made matters worse. Adding a bulb out may help, but short of closing the street off from the development or adding another stoplight (incorporating the end of Olympia), the only improvement possible may be to make the eastbound side of Chapanoke (between Olympia and the grocery store) into a single wide lane (and shifting the barrier slightly north) to accommodate the u-turns.

As far as I know, though more dangerous than the left turns were before the new barricades were installed, as far as I can tell u-turns are perfectly legal here (and should be, since none of the other options are acceptable). Since there seems to be some confusions on this issue, it might be good if the city could confirm that one way or the other.

I would assume that DoWhat'sRight wouldn't have said "I wish officers would sit and watch and ticket ever U-Turn made on this strip of road" if he/she didn't think it was illegal.

If the road isn't wide enough, then a driver has two choices when making a u-turn: encroach on the right lane before turning, or reverse when they can't miss the curb on the other side, which isn't much safer. If widening the road there isn't practical, the only solution I can think of is to only have one lane on that side.

I see a lot of complaining about a problem that was entirely foreseeable, and should have been addressed fully before the development went in. That spot was always mildly problematic, and the added traffic was pretty much guaranteed to make this happen. It's just unfortunate that the developer was able to dump the costs (in money, time, and added hazards) of this added traffic on the rest of us.

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