Construction on the Merritt Parkway is occurring every night during the week. At the beginning of the construction each night the highway is completely closed for a period of time to allow workers to block off one of the two lanes before allowing traffic back on the highway. Can a recurring road closure be added to the Merritt Parkway referencing there details. Exact timing can be found on merrittparkwaynorwalk.com. They shut the highway down in each direction for a period of time to allow workers to block off one lane in each direction and it causes massive traffic jams because Waze, etc doesn’t pick up on the closure.
Here are the details from the website:
LANE CLOSURE INFORMATION:<
Lane closures SB and NB every night, Monday through Thursday for the duration of the Project which is scheduled to be completed at the end of October next year.
The locations of the closure within the Project limits will vary based on the operations being performed:
The earliest start for lane closures for SB is at 7PM, starting at exit 40A.
The earliest start for lane closures for NB is at 9PM.
The Contractor avoids working Friday night but may work if work was canceled earlier in the week because of weather or if they plan to do paving during the week.
On Fridays the earliest lane closures can occur is 8PM SB and 9PM NB.
USEFUL TRAVEL TIPS:
Avoid the beginning of the work shift (7pm to 10pm) because that’s when lane closure patterns are installed, and traffic will slow
and back-up.
Avoid when traffic patterns are being removed in the morning – typically 4:30AM to 6AM.