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Originally Posted by butterfly
And everyone else suffers.
Really, how hard is it? "I think it should take about 30 minutes to safely set up the barricades on this project. The construction people are starting at 10, so we'll get out there at 9:30."
Driving is so inefficient. Definitely a literal gear grinder!
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-The lane is closed for something you aren't noticing. Paint drying, concrete curing, debris on the road or the shoulder, etc
-Closure is scheduled for a certain time of day, but there are other closures also scheduled for that time, so some may have to be set up early so crews can get to all of them before the clients need them
-Contractor doesn't show up, or shows up late, or leaves early but doesn't tell the city so they still get the closure they paid for at the scheduled times
-It's a contractor or third party doing their own closure, and absolutely abusing their permit because they're a contractor and know the city will get blamed, so don't give a ####. See most closures downtown for example. Doesn't help that it's a job with more work than people to do it, on top of being one of the most dangerous jobs in Canada, so currently it's a race to the bottom with how many new traffic contractors specializing in closures are out there just throwing underpaid and undertrained staff at jobs
The last two being the most common, I know it sounds easy enough to deal with but then keep in mind there can be 500 such closures a day between May and October.
Of course all the reasoning and justification doesn't make it any less frustrating, that's for sure