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Whoever re-timed the lights on FFX Co Pkwy--Thanks!
Posted by:
bjensen
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Date: December 01, 2011 07:28AM
The six lights between Huntsman and Roberts Roads northbound are finally synched to 50 mph! If you can maintain at least 50 the whole way, you'll make them all--and maybe even Burke Centre Pkwy! At least it works after 3:00 pm... It used to be you had to do at least 65-70 to make them. Thanks VDOT or whoever does that!
Re: Whoever re-timed the lights on FFX Co Pkwy--Thanks!
Posted by:
xNeGw
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Date: December 01, 2011 10:15AM
bjensen Wrote:
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> The six lights between Huntsman and Roberts Roads
> northbound are finally synched to 50 mph! If you
> can maintain at least 50 the whole way, you'll
> make them all--and maybe even Burke Centre Pkwy!
> At least it works after 3:00 pm... It used to be
> you had to do at least 65-70 to make them. Thanks
> VDOT or whoever does that!
That's a big "if" there. The light at Huntsman starts backing northbound traffic up around 4:00. By 5:00, it's typically past Sydenstricker. I've actually given up on the parkway in the evenings, I just take back roads from work to home. It may take a bit longer time wise, but it's so much more pleasant than crawling from Rolling to Roberts.
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> The six lights between Huntsman and Roberts Roads
> northbound are finally synched to 50 mph! If you
> can maintain at least 50 the whole way, you'll
> make them all--and maybe even Burke Centre Pkwy!
> At least it works after 3:00 pm... It used to be
> you had to do at least 65-70 to make them. Thanks
> VDOT or whoever does that!
That's a big "if" there. The light at Huntsman starts backing northbound traffic up around 4:00. By 5:00, it's typically past Sydenstricker. I've actually given up on the parkway in the evenings, I just take back roads from work to home. It may take a bit longer time wise, but it's so much more pleasant than crawling from Rolling to Roberts.
Re: Whoever re-timed the lights on FFX Co Pkwy--Thanks!
Posted by:
bjensen
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Date: December 02, 2011 06:23AM
True. But once through Huntsman, you can make the next 5 lights now. The problem I've noticed now is that with the better flow past Roberts, more traffic backs up approaching Burke Centre Pkwy and Popes Head. They need to fix those intersections or widen the Pkwy from at least 123 to 50. Frankly, with the 123 interchange, I don't know why there is a left turn at Burke Centre Pkwy from southbound 7100. Northbound traffic should never have to stop there, lots of accidents at those curves from the sudden slowdowns.