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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Looking at that video, they never should have allowed traffic past 10th ave. Close it before the underpass, then drivers can at least turn left or right. Not rocket science here. I'm going to go ahead and blame the roads dept.
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I seriously can not believe that they did that. What an absolute joke. Whose fault is it? I would assume that the organizers of the run applied for some kind of permit, so the City should have been well aware of the route. If the City deploys CPS to handle the road closures, there must have been some kind of miscommunication between them. Regardless, whoever was the cop that actually shut down that intersection should have at least called for backup to close it at 10th, and then let the stranded cars through before letting the runners through.
I would have been pissed about missing lunch with a friend. Those two that missed their grandfather's funeral have the right to be irate. What a joke. There are city buses in that traffic jam. How hard would it have been to stop the runners for about one minute, to save one hour of time for all those people that got stuck there because the City didn't handle the closure properly?
That reminds me of when I used to work down by Barlow and 50th, and the trains would go by at lunchtime, and go 99% of the way past, and then stop and reverse, and go all the way back, and then go forward again. Like some kind of sick joke. You can't run over a train in a car, but you sure as hell can cut through a marathon.
Kidding!