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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I live in langley forest where balls hill hits Georgetown pike and I, along with many of my neighbors, are very much against this idea.  One of the reasons we bought our home was easy access to the beltway as our family travels all over for school, work and a activities.  Traffic is bad because traffic is bad.  This won’t solve the problem.  At best, it will inconvenience many of us who count on that ramp, push the spillover traffic to other neighborhoods and access points making those areas even worse (thereby further increasing travel times for all).  It’s a terrible idea.  As someone who was at last night’s meeting, it’s clear they have not thought through all of the consequences but were trying to throw a quick fix at a systemic problem that goes far beyond the ramp in its root cause.[/b][/quote].   So you live on Wemberly and Live Oak and aren't affected unless you need to go somewhere.  What if you need an ambulance.

If you really live there, then you know Balls Hill Road, Benjamin, Holyrood and all of the residential streets below Georgetown Pike are clogged with cars trying to get on the beltway.  Fire engines and emergency personnel cannot get through.  I've seen parents taking photos on Dead Run - a residential street - their kids can't even go out and play in the afternoons.  And even if you live on Wemberly or Live Oak and don't go through the intersection at those times, and don't have congestion in your neighborhood, what if you need a fire engine or EMT?  So, gosh, to get to your "activities" you drive over chain bridge to get to your activities.  Or you drive south on the Beltway (that won't be closed).  Or you drop down one mile to the Tysons onramp between 1-7 M-F to go north on the Beltway.  You can't use the northbound onramp as it is because of congestion - so why fuss now?[/quote]

You’re hilarious.  First, I have no reason to fake live in Langley Forest as your message implies.  Second, had you attended the meeting you would have heard then say that the existing traffic at other entry points will get worse as a result of this.   Duh.  If you block an entry, that flow has to go somewhere else.  That means traffic elsewhere will worsen such that my commute will get substantially worse since I now have to drive 15 minutes out of my way to access a different route, even without traffic.  Third, although traffic impacts my neighborhood and others, that can be planned around or avoided entirely.    [/quote]

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