Description
The northern exit of New Loudon Plaza onto Cobbee Road is configured so that drivers are only allowed to make Left-Turns onto Cobbee Road heading west.
Every single day, however, hundreds of motorists exiting the plaza who want to turn right (thus disobeying the No Right Turn sign), either drive across the street into the deli parking lot, turn left and then make a U-Turn and then go the opposite direction, or just ignore the sign altogether and turn right even though the exit is curved sharply to the left on purpose.
This afternoon, I happened to be sitting in the plaza parking lot, and counted 23 vehicles which pulled this manoever, only within the time-span of 45 minutes!
This causes confusion and backups on this tiny connecting road, with all the annoyed drivers flying through on Cobbee Road at high speed, and creates a dangerous situation with drivers who insist on turning right, in defiance of the posted No Right-Turn sign.
Concerns:
1) Why is the exit made a Left-Turn Only in the first place, thus forcing all traffic to go onto the already-congested Route 9?
2) Why don't the police monitor this situation, and ticket drivers who ignore the No Right-Turn signs clearly posted at the exit of the plaza?
This issue needs to be corrected at once.
8 Comments
S-Smith (Guest)
It was set up this way to prevent drivers from using the residental zoned sections of Cobbee and Old Loudon Roads. The police come for a hour one or two days a weeks, and write tickets.
Anonymous
Well, evidently, they're not doing a good enough job, because I still see dozens of drivers illegally making right turns there every single day, other confused drivers (usually elderly people) driving into the deli parking lot then heading towards Old Loudon Road anyway, and still others weaving from lane to lane, dodging traffic as if they were driving bumper cars!
Perhaps a nice concrete median down the entire length of Cobbee Road might help! And while they're at it, why not prohibit left-turns onto Route 9 as well!
AJ (Guest)
The people who live on east half Cobbee Rd which is restricted by both deed and zoning to single family homes forced this by threating to go to court over it when the plaza was built 20 years ago. The current homeowners might go to court if there any effort to change it. It might be better just to make Cobbee one way west bound between weed Rd and the Plaza or close the access rd all together
Town of Colonie (Guest)
To make a report of an issue with the Town of Colonie, please call 518-783-2700 or email colonie@colonie.org.
anonymous (Guest)
Yesterday, I counted 14 more drivers in the duration of 1 hour who either completely disregard the "Left Turn Only" signs, or drive into the Italian deli's parking lot, and then turn towards Old Loudon Road, which is illegal.
anonymous (Guest)
Still not fixed! There are still hundreds of cars per day allowed to undertake this illegal maneuver! Great enforcement, Town of Colonie!
anonymous (Guest)
Still not one person has been ticketed for making right turns here! 9/17/12.
Anonymous
Still not fixed. 6/4/13.