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Changes coming at deadly crossroads

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Tuesday, August 11. 2009
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The crash-riddled intersection of highways 18 (Rose Avenue) and 341 in Barnesville is among 38 median crossings on the four-lane to be updated as part of a mammoth DOT project.

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#1 Anon on 08/11/09 at 09:14 AM
Hope they dont start work on the intersection until school is out in the summer, what a mess that would be.
#2 Psycho on 08/11/09 at 09:49 AM
Is it just me or is something wrong with this photo? Something dose not look right. Did a truck run a stop light?
#3 Andrew Odom on 08/11/09 at 10:36 AM
There is nothing wrong with the photo. It was taken at 7:37 a.m. last Friday morning. Traffic seemed a bit heavier than normal and I happened to catch a traffic violation. To my knowledge there are no detection devices there so the perp will get away without a violation.
#4 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 01:13 PM
It's about time something was done for this intersection, too many people have died or been seriously injured for too many decades. The community has begged for changes at this intersection for at least 20 years, probably even longer and although I'm thankful to see something finally being done, it's too late for too many and Lamar County should be ashamed for waiting so long before doing something.

Citizens should do more to get things done to improve the community. There's many things the community could do, but many are too lazy to do a single thing and those who try find themselves fighting a steep uphill battle because other Citizens in the community refuse to help, and instead hinder in many horrible ways.
#5 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 02:21 PM
Whatever they do may help but I guarantee there will still be accidents. People just dont pay attention to what they are doing.
#6 It's Me on 08/11/09 at 05:38 PM
Actually, if that light had just changed, it is really common for someone wanting to make a left turn to be stuck out there in the middle like that. Too common.
#7 sherry hollis on 08/11/09 at 09:39 PM
I agree with #3. As usual, everyone waits until someone dies before something is done. This is not just with this highway, but everything in general.
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