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Demolition at the Casey Overpass in Forest Hills

Demolition of the abutments on the Arborway side of the Casey Overpass in Forest Hills began today, as Clay Harper shows us.

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...or Arborway Road side.

This is the westbound ramp from South Street towards Jamaica Pond. And just out of view to the right of my hasty phone pic the good folks from Barletta were diligently watering down the dust to contain it.

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Did anyone else experience the glory of traffic near the overpass today? By my count, traffic was backed up half a mile past the Centre Street rotary (down the Jamaicaway and toward Faulkner), and much more than that on Washington Street in JP. Took me 20 minutes to get from Bartlett Square to Franklin Park, because Forest Hills Street and Washington Street were both completely gridlocked at 4:30.

Good luck over the next two years, y'all! I'm not driving through Forest Hills again until the next president swears an oath.

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To make an omelette.

Major demolition and construction is never a picnic. Thanks for doing your part by avoiding the area since you can.

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As usual, instead of being patient and waiting through the traffic, people were acting like idiots and blocking the boxes, pulling out where they weren't supposed to be, running lights. The busses trying to get out of Forest Hills (to go south! they weren't even going to contribute to the traffic!) couldn't get out except once every few light cycles, causing major delays for people who don't even own cars. And of course they put up signs warning about 150$ tickets for blocking the box but there were no cops in sight.... BPD needs to come out there and make some $$$ for the city.

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The new "Don't Block the Box" roadway striping and signage at South St/Arborway Frontage Rd and at the exit from the upper busway is only a few days old. Granted it is an active construction and demolition site, but particularly during 'rush hour' and until the locals get used to it BPD needs an enforcement presence.

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The signs in front of the South Street and busway are new, but the ones further up Washington Street have been there for years. I know we have to break a few eggs, and I'm definitely in favor of the project as it's designed, but it's especially galling to sit motionless in traffic for ten minutes because some idiot decided to pull across the opposite lane to make a left turn IN FRONT OF E-13. And if they aren't going to enforce traffic regs when the offenders are literally in eyesight of the front desk of the police station, then I am not filled with hope for the next two years.

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Sounds like a typical day in Boston, in other words.

BPD needs an enforcement presence.

Yeah, don't hold your breath on that one.

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Yeah, I live on Forest Hills street and traffic is usually bad around the afternoon rush hour(s), but it's never been THIS bad. I easily outwalked all the cars on the street on my way home from the T station, with the sweet smell of car exhaust in the air. I'm really going to enjoy the next few years... -__-

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Oh, I won't claim that there was no traffic, but there are still the two lanes going over the mighty Casey, so the Route 203 traffic shouldn't have been an issue.

Now, when the traffic is fully diverted to the surface, the gripe will be more valid. The apologists will note, rightly, this it is a construction site and that things will be better in the end. Then, the bridge crowd will note that it is not like the cars will disappear when the 6 lane road is complete, so what we see is a preview of what we will be dealing with for the foreseeable future. However, we have not hit that point in time yet.

After seeing this and getting to Forest Hills at 5:30, it looked like Washington Street inbound was gridlocked, but upon further review it was just that 3 cars were stopped in the right hand lane waiting to pick up people. I am sure that the designers have factored this in, along with the gridlock at the kiss and ride on Hyde Park Ave, when they came up with their plans for the area.

I now get how they are demoing. It seems that they are taking the deck down on one side, then they will take down the other.

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I can only dream of when they do the same to McGrath highway...

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