NoiseInsideMyHead Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Dear City of Grand Forks, Please, please, please return our orange barrels. You've had them long enough. Sincerely, The Rest of the Civilized World P.S. What ARE you doing with all of them? 2 Quote
Goon Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Or better yet, can we have our bike paths back? 1 Quote
Goon Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Orange barrels? Grand Forks, ND is a construction zone. They use Orange barrel like things to wall off the work zone. Quote
darell1976 Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Grand Forks, ND is a construction zone. They use Orange barrel like things to wall off the work zone. Fargo is just as bad, every part of the city is under construction the worst (IMO) is on 19th in front of the Fargodome. It's not due to be done til October. Quote
Goon Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Fargo is just as bad, every part of the city is under construction the worst (IMO) is on 19th in front of the Fargodome. It's not due to be done til October. I think this is the worst that I have ever seen it though. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 The alternative is to not have the orange barrels and to still have the pot holes. Your call. 3 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 The alternative is to not have the orange barrels and to still have the pot holes. Your call. And then some of the same people complaining about the orange barrels would be complaining that the city is incompetent for not fixing the pot holes. This is what turns people off from serving in public office; you will always have someone mad at you for something. Quote
Goon Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 The alternative is to not have the orange barrels and to still have the pot holes. Your call. So, basically, were in a circular argument then. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 So, basically, were in a circular argument then. It's a simple tradeoff. Either put up with orange barrels or put up with pot holes. Our construction season is so short with our long winters that everything gets squeezed into the same short period of time. I don't like road construction either, but the trade off is worth not having my car damaged hitting pot holes. Quote
tnt Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 I get more frustrated with the highway work. They will put up cones for 20 miles and only work on a very small section, and sometimes won't work on any. Can't they just keep moving the cones as they progress? Seems drivers would pay a lot more attention to construction zones if there were actually workers there. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 So, basically, were in a circular argument then. Not at all. It's a simple, black-white situation: Orange barrels or pot holes. Folks have to deal with one or the other. 1 Quote
darell1976 Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 I get more frustrated with the highway work. They will put up cones for 20 miles and only work on a very small section, and sometimes won't work on any. Can't they just keep moving the cones as they progress? Seems drivers would pay a lot more attention to construction zones if there were actually workers there. Or how about keeping the speed limit low ONLY when workers are present, when they aren't there raise the speed limit back up. If it means going from 75-65 that's fine but going from 75 to 45-55 when no one is working is stupid. 1 Quote
MafiaMan Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Or how about keeping the speed limit low ONLY when workers are present, when they aren't there raise the speed limit back up. If it means going from 75-65 that's fine but going from 75 to 45-55 when no one is working is stupid. Because if the work zone speed limit is 65, people will STILL drive 75. Lower it to 45, and you can bank on the fact that they'll be driving 55. Quote
UNDBIZ Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Because if the work zone speed limit is 65, people will STILL drive 75. Lower it to 45, and you can bank on the fact that they'll be driving 55. Am I the only one who always gets stuck behind a guy going a couple MPH under the construction zone limit? 1 Quote
MafiaMan Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Am I the only one who always gets stuck behind a guy going a couple MPH under the construction zone limit? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5c4pqNqIc seven...seven miles an hour... 1 Quote
darell1976 Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Because if the work zone speed limit is 65, people will STILL drive 75. Lower it to 45, and you can bank on the fact that they'll be driving 55. And when they don't? (see UND BIZ's post), also I don't go faster than traffic allows if there is no one I will go at most 5 over. 300 bucks in Minnesota is a pretty hefty fine. 1 Quote
MafiaMan Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 And when they don't? (see UND BIZ's post), also I don't go faster than traffic allows if there is no one I will go at most 5 over. 300 bucks in Minnesota is a pretty hefty fine. Minnesota's fines aren't that high for 5 miles an hour over the limit. Quote
darell1976 Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Minnesota's fines aren't that high for 5 miles an hour over the limit. 300 bucks for speeding in a construction zone. Effective Aug 1. http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3515940.shtml Quote
MafiaMan Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 300 bucks for speeding in a construction zone. Effective Aug 1. http://kstp.com/arti.../s3515940.shtml I thought you were talking regular zones now...my bad. Quote
darell1976 Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 I thought you were talking regular zones now...my bad. Regular zones I go around 75 on interstate in MN, I don't dare go 80 as their fines are not a joke like ND's. Quote
UNDBIZ Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Regular zones I go around 75 on interstate in MN, I don't dare go 80 as their fines are not a joke like ND's. Sshhh. Dear ND legislature, we do not believe the speeding fines in ND are a joke. Please keep yourselves busy with other items of more importance, like the state insect. 2 Quote
mg2009 Posted August 12, 2014 Posted August 12, 2014 The alternative is to not have the orange barrels and to still have the pot holes. Your call. as Columbia continues to demonstrate, you can have both. Quote
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