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an-eternal-hum t1_iup5v74 wrote

Reply to comment by Silentjosh37 in The entrance and exit of Trader Joe's. Looks like trouble. by tads73

I have a business in the jewelry district and have to use this exit daily. It’s been an absolute nightmare for the past year, and this is going to ramp up congestion and conflict and make it far, far worse.

It’s not a huge, dramatic thing, but it’s going to seriously affect me and people like me on a daily basis. That’s worth mentioning.

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Silentjosh37 t1_iup7syn wrote

Completely agree. I have lived here for 15 years. The traffic in that area has gotten significantly worse over the past few years, the first year or so of the pandemic reduced the traffic but it is back with a vengence. The endless construction has only made it worse. There are going to be so many accidents coming in and out of that lot and that is just gonna cause back ups all over the place, not to mention the increased vehicle traffic for the first year this location is open.

I keep reading that is gonna be for pedestrians and residents of the area but that will not be the case for the honeymoon phase of this store being here.

I am all for a trader Joes or an Aldis, or any option in the area, that specific spot is just not ideal, and I think a lot of the traffic studies were done during the pandemic, and before other changes were made to the traffic patterns in that area and are not inclusive of real usage.

Edited to add. - just looked at a traffic study done on 2/2021 and again on 5/2022 showed an increase of from 6000 vehicles a day to 8500. That wasn't the study that was done before zoning. Just a study.

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