Question: Many people who live at Carriage Club Estates in south Everett are irate because of the Mukilteo Speedway widening project. The state has installed a concrete barrier that prevents us from turning left off southbound Mukilteo Speedway into our mobile home park.
They have a left-hand turn lane for northbound Mukilteo Speedway motorists to turn left onto 132nd Street SW that is almost a block long. I don’t think 10 cars use that turn in a single day.
Is this barrier going to stay this way?
Jerry Hofferber, Everett
Answer: While we realize entering Carriage Club Estates is now sometimes less convenient, the median barrier will remain in place to enhance safety and keep traffic moving.
Traffic has grown dramatically on Mukilteo Speedway and now totals more than 30,000 vehicles per day. This growth is expected to continue to nearly 50,000 vehicles per day in 2010.
This amount of traffic makes two-way left turn lanes at this location impractical and risky for drivers.
Drivers wanting to turn left are enticed to dart across two lanes of fast-moving traffic because adequate breaks in traffic are few and far between. This can lead to serious side impact accidents.
We replaced the two-way left turn lanes with signals and barriers to help prevent these accidents.
Jamie Holter, spokeswoman, state Department of Transportation
On the road
Vicky Roman’s nephew is being deployed to Iraq this week, and she has a simple, elegant way to honor his contribution to the nation. But first she needs your help
Jess Carmichael, 28, a Marine from Sultan, heads off to war on Wednesday for at least seven months. A reservist for three years, he has now been called up, just six months after getting married.
Roman wants one of those “classy yellow decals” she has seen on cars around Snohomish County- yellow ribbons shaped like the breast cancer awareness ribbon. One leg of the ribbon says, “‘We support our troops.”
“We want our boy to come home safe,” said Roman, of Lake Stevens. “He’s a Marine, and we’re very proud of him. It’s hard to have him in such a dangerous place so far away.”
Roman called The Herald to get help in her quest to honor her nephew because she hasn’t been able to find the decal at any store in Snohomish County.
“It looks very nice, ” she said. Nice, but while the decals are offered all over the Internet, Roman wants to get hers at a local store. So, if you know of a shop selling the decals, let us know.
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