{"id":53920,"date":"2023-01-06T01:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T01:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=53920"},"modified":"2023-01-06T01:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T01:22:38","slug":"traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=53920","title":{"rendered":"Bring on the expansion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Days like today make me wish for all I’m worth for the Texas highway department to get cracking on the improvements it is planning for a major North Texas highway that leads me to the house.<\/p>\n

I spent the bulk of my day at the hospital visiting with my wife as she continues her recovery from brain surgery. I left — wouldn’t you know? — at rush hour for the (supposedly) 15- to 20-minute drive home to Princeton.<\/p>\n

Silly me …<\/p>\n

I diverted the truck north along the Central Expressway to avoid getting caught in the stopped traffic along Texas Highway 5 near the hospital.<\/p>\n

I made the turn at U.S. 380 in McKinney and headed east. So far so good. Then I got to Airport Drive.<\/p>\n

Then the traffic came to a screeching stop. No one moved. An endless stream of vehicles with brake lines shining loomed ahead of me. We crept along like the proverbial snail. My 15-minute drive then turned to a 40-minute ordeal.<\/p>\n

The Texas Department of Transportation is planning to expand U.S. 380 from four to six lanes. Then it will — eventually! — build a freeway pass around Princeton.<\/p>\n

Yes, it was moment like what I experienced today that make me wish for the sight of those ubiquitous orange construction cones.<\/p>\n

Bring it on! Sooner rather than later!<\/p>\n

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