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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a few problems at work with this complete mess that is GTP:

First, there is a cop that has been stationed on GTP because Marylanders do anything at all to get onto that part of the beltway, no matter how.

This includes blocking the box (most of the time), or the occasional Marylander who thinks thy are witty and will drive right TO the cop and pass the island (ie: instead of joining his fellow Marylanders on the offramp - this occasional snowflake bypasses his fellow offenders all together and makes a right AFTER the actual off ramp island - right AT the offramp.)

Witty? Not so much.  Especially when the Governor of Virginia lives near the neighborhood and gets completely fed up with effects of Waze and its direct ramifications.  So, you have a ramp closure.  Congratulations Marylanders, you got what you asked for.  [/quote]

PP here.  Not to mention, the Marylanders who tried to U turn at that very dangerous intersection for years, but were finally stopped in their tracks. [/quote]

The intersection is a nightmare but as a resident of McLean and someone who is frustrated on a weekly basis trying to leave my neighborhood- I feel closing the ramp is EXTREMELY short sighted-yes that is right I am AGAINST it!  Posting the police at the intersection has been very effective.  My vote is for a red light camera! [/quote]

Hi neighbor!  I live off Balls Hill, and it has taken me over 30 minutes to get out before--thanks to the backed up MD cars. I've also been hit at the intersection of Balls Hill/G-Town Pike TWICE by someone who seems to think a left turn on green towards the beltway is a right-of-way over a straight through the green light.  Waze is half the problem.

Have you been writing to Foust and others?

John.Foust@fairfaxcounty.gov

Susan.Falconer@mail.house.gov

Jane.Edmondson@fairfaxcounty.gov

district31@senate.virginia.gov

FWIW, I think this is a completely lame brained idea.  Plenty of people who live in the area need to access 495 during those hours.  They should consider red light cameras, widening the road leading to the intersection, concrete blocking for traffic flow on the right turn lane to Balls Hill, etc.  [/quote]

I think it is desperatlely needed, and yes I have written.  The obscene tolls on I-66 puts the Marylanders in the residential neighborhoods where they don't belong  It isn't about NIMBY, it's about safety.  Fire Personnel can't even get up Balls Hill anymore.[/quote]

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