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This place is THUNDERDOME!!! This is the WORST road crew in the history of road construction! The project sits for weeks at a time with little or no progress. Monday they had E. bound Pawling bbacked up so they could fill a groove with blacktop right by the bridge. Tuesday you go though there and the groove is actually deeper. What R they doing? They are currently working on the (fax pas) brick of the sidewalk while pipe caps lie exposed all over the road waiting to blow a tire.
The two flag women are the absolute worst!!! mean nasty and rude. Plus they have NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!! I've seen them direct cars into the path of one another several times. The brunette in particular hasn't the faintest idea of what they are doing. She walks around with the flag smoking cigarettes as the motorists behind her try to figure out what she is doing. One will stand toward the middle of the Congress St hill while one stands at the top. but NO ONE directs traffic coming off the 15th street detour which backs up to Speigletown.
Ive seen a guy with a small claw machine lift up the rear end of a site supervisior's pick up truck as a joke. I called the city engineer and the Mayor's office but obviously this is politics as usual in Troy.
Cover the pipes fill in the craters and for the sake of public safety. Fire those flag women they are plain dangerous
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Helen of Troy (Ospite)
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hawkiscircling (Ospite)
Guest who knows construction (Ospite)
I have worked road construction, so I feel I know a little more than John Q. Public. Issues: site sits for weeks little or no progress, You have no idea what is under the roadway or what it takes for it all to come together as a complete project. Remember, it is not just pave over everything. Speak of paving, it was a milling machine at the bridge, cutting a straight edge on existing asphalt, to allow a smooth transition when new pavement was placed,,as it is today. Issue: Pipe caps sticking up all over, they are existing Sanitary Manholes, if they can blow your tire (if you are doing speed limit) it will be the first time I ever heard or seen that. Issue: traffic back ups, SMARTING UP GO A DIFFERENT WAY, it's not like the job just started and you didn't know it, I live in Troy and I know of a lot of ways to bypass the area. I'm 100% positive, traffic was not back to Speigletown (do you know where Speigletown even is??)
Issue: Flaggers, I suppose they could shut down the road and get off it to have a break or a cigarette, they don't, they are are there all day working in all kinds of weather, while you sit typing complaints, I'm sure if you stopped by, Lancaster would give you an application for the job,(you seem to think you could do it better) Have at it.
Congress Neighbor (Ospite)
hannah (Ospite)
Troy41 (Ospite)
In closing, is it inconvenient to travel that area? absolutly! I travel up that way almost on a daily basis but I have never found it as bad as some people describe, use a little patience and common sense and you will be fine. It is sad that people complain about how horrible that area has looked for many years....and now something is being done about it, and it looks beautiful, and all you people can do is complain about what an inconvenience it is to you. Bottom line is this, and it has been said here by many intelligent people, if you think you can do better, then stop complaining, and gather up the millions of dollars it would take you to support a business of this nature and get busy going into business for yourself and start bidding on these projects. In my time at Lancaster I found a family owned business where the owners treated every single one of their 500 employees with dignity, respect, and care. This was the best career position working for any company I had worked for in 25 years, so to trash them is really short sighted on your part.
Neighbor (Ospite)
Wake up complainers, this is a major project rebuilding what evolved from a dirt road by totally replacing the decayed water, sewer, gas, power systems and then building a first class road with curbs, drive lanes, parking lanes, turn lanes, sidewalks, lighting, and even trees. I live downtown and from the completion of the Congress/Ferry section up to the current phase, I enjoy driving up Congress, then turning around just so I can drive back down a first class approach to downtown. Accomplishing all of this while moving existing traffic calls for a huge Thank You to the Contractor. BIG Job WELL DONE.
hawkiscircling (Ospite)
its inexcusable a worker lifts up the rear of a pickup truck with a claw machine as a joke.
Its inexcusable that pipe is left exposed 8 to 12 inches above the ground. If it's unmarked and uncovered how is it supposed to be seen at night? It makes no difference how fast ur going when a steel pipe hits ur sidewall.
i have absolutely no idea what ur argument is unless u in fact work on this job. Or personally involved with these people. Or your just one of these people who would argue with a brick for the sake of having something to do.
Public safety is the issue here and there is no substitute for that.
Troy41 (Ospite)
Ken Zalewski (Utente registrato)
I have read the complaints listed within this issue report, and communicated with the Deputy Mayor's office regularly throughout this project. I have also driven through this area on multiple occasions, and I have not experienced the "thunderdome" that a few other posters have described. I would remind folks that this is a major road reconstruction project, and delays and general inconveniences are to be expected.
Do I need to follow up on this further?
If not, I am going to suggest closing this issue.
hawkiscircling (Ospite)
Guest (Ospite)
Guest
GET A LIFE PEOPLE !!!!!!!
Chiusa Ken Zalewski (Utente registrato)
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TROY41 (Ospite)
hawkiscircling (Ospite)
Troy41 (Ospite)
hawkiscircling (Ospite)