04/10/2023
Please allow extra time to get to appointments over the next several weeks (months???😬). And above all else drive safely!
TRAFFIC ALERT: It’s orange barrel season, baby, so why not kick it off with a BIG ONE?
Beginning today, you will see lane closures and traffic shifts on both directions of Eastman Avenue (US-10 BR) from Harcrest Drive to US-10 and on Wackerly Street from Woodpark Drive to Eastman. Our friends at MDOT will be making significant improvements to the Eastman/Wackerly intersection, which will include adding dedicated thru and right turn lanes on northbound Eastman and a dedicated right turn lane on westbound Wackerly. Sidewalk improvements are also on the agenda.
So, what do you need to know?
1) Now through approximately May 30, right turns will be restricted onto eastbound Wackerly from northbound Eastman. If you want to go east on Wackerly, you’ll be detoured up Eastman to Commerce Drive, east on Commerce to Jefferson Avenue, and south on Jefferson to Wackerly. Map in the comments.
2) As this is a major intersection that regularly sees high traffic volumes, significant delays are expected in the construction area throughout this project. We encourage motorists to find alternate routes around the closure to get to their destinations, if possible. Please use caution (and extreme amounts of patience) if driving through the construction area while work is underway.
3) This is not a City project; however, we’ll do our best to communicate any necessary updates in a timely and efficient manner as we receive them. We’re excited to see the positive results of this work and we hope you are, too! After June 30, we’re hopeful your days of sitting at this intersection for 15 minutes wondering why there are two Speedways within 1000 yards of each other will be over.
4) We don’t know the answer to the Speedway thing, so feel free to create your own conspiracy theories.
Thank you for your patience!
