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Uploaded: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 3:29 PM
Menlo Park traffic jam expected to last weeks
Caltrans repairs not yet finished
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by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff
Lately it's taking almost an hour to drive from one end of Menlo Park to the other along a two-mile stretch of El Camino Real during commute hours. Drivers sit staring at green lights and motionless traffic, wondering what's going on.
Now they know. Caltrans has yet to finish repairing the damage from an Oct. 1 mishap. A work crew accidentally severed the electrical lines that feed into the traffic light system at the intersection of El Camino Real and Santa Cruz Avenue, according to Chip Taylor, the city's public works director.
He told the Almanac that while the lights are now working, the communications line that allows for synchronization of signals along the corridor remains broken. The repairs won't be finished for another two to three weeks, Taylor said.
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Posted by Yah But, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Oct 12, 2012 at 6:02 am But all that standing traffic makes for a much safer bike route. I can zip past by all those poor trapped car people and can make it through that 2 mile stretch in nearly effortless minutes. Just saying, there is a silver lining, but Cal train should get on the fast track for repairs.
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Posted by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 12, 2012 at 10:36 am I have typically found it bad traffic to drive through Menlo Park, so I generally avoid the area. I also dislike the nonsense of not being able to go directly across ECR from Alma (and the reverse) - so silly and inconvenient.
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Posted by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Oct 14, 2012 at 6:19 am The reason for the Alma block was a deal made with Stanford when they expanded Sand Hill to 4 lanes. The block eliminates the cut-through traffic which would have run between 101 and 280. And since University Ave was/is already congested, everyone knew that all of those non-resident commuters would use the residential streets to avoid going through downtown.
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