[RP TownTalk] traffic alterations

[Marc Molino]

I'm not sure what the ultimate impact of this will be, but the DO NOT ENTER 
signs in front of the fire station on Queensbury road have been changed to 
now be effective 24 hours per day (instead of just a few hours in the 
morning). I'm not sure I would have even noticed this if my neighbor hadn't 
pointed it out. I'm sure a friendly police officer would have been kind 
enough to alert me to it at some point.

I'm quite curious to see what kind of impact this will have. In the short 
term, I would think it might make things worse as it will 'cause more people 
who want to cross the railroad tracks heading west to have to make a left 
turn at Lafayette and Queensbury, and those looking to head north on 
Lafayette under the E/W Highway overpass will now also have to cross through 
that intersection. Not knowing much about traffic patterns and the 
behavioral tendencies of drivers, I haven't a clue what it will mean 
longterm wise.

Does anyone know how this change came about? Was it designed mainly to allow 
more freedom for RP's emergency vehicles or was it also designed to 
decrease/slow down traffice cutting through our town?

-Marc Molino

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