More on MNDOT and their plan to control us

One thing that I have noticed is that MNDOT has become an agency of our government that is determined to force us to hate them. I can say this, they are incredibly successful at this at least, if nothing else.

Okay so you all know our bridge feel in the river due to neglect, right?

They held one community meeting after another to find out what they can do to make our lives easier during the time of adjustment. No bridge over the river means all those folks from Apple Valium that need to get to Blaine are driving through our peaceful riverside neighborhoods desperately trying to not get shot in the big bad city and still find their way back to the sameness of the burbs.

One of my comments at a "forum" that actually drew applause from the audience was "please fix the signs" "Especially if you are in downtown Minneapolis and want to find I94 going east or Hwy 55 going east, there are NO signs. Now you may think I am exaggerating...well I am telling you drive it, there are NO SIGNS AT ALL." Applause.

Now over a month later, actually almost two months later, guess what they did? You guessed it, they did what they could to confuse folks further. You see access to I94 is on 6th street a one way and access to Hwy55 is on 8th, a parallel one way. Still no signs on 6th directing you to I94 but if you make the mistake of going down 8th, there are signs pointing to the left directing you to I94, however it does not tell you after you follow the arrow that when you get to 6th you have found it and you need to turn right, Oh No, that would make sense and that is not in the lexicon of this department. Does this sound confusing and ignorant, well yes and no. Confusing yes, ignorant no. This is not considered ignorant at least not for a department that is housed in a building in St. Paul with 1200 pound sections of the siding ready to fall on passersby. To them this makes perfect sense. You can still drive down 8th street, enter hwy55 and go over a mile before there is a sign to tell you what road you are on. I am not kidding you. This is a modern American city in the 21st century.

Driving East on I94 in spaghetti junction there is a sign to switch lanes and exit for I35W, and then as soon as you do exit to the other portion of the freeway mess, guess what? Correct, there is a detour sign, back to where you just came from. Of course, makes sense to Who I don't know. Now all of this lane switching in such a congested area is not only stupid but unsafe, are they just trying to piss us off and maybe kill a few more folks? I hope they are not successful in killing more but they have been successful in pissing off some of us anyway.

Now coming in to downtown Minneapolis from HWY55 there were two signs directing you to get in the proper lanes for I35w. One is a huge one that easily covers three lanes of traffic the other is a simple one the size of a no a parking sign. Guess what????....that took a leap of guessing but yes you are right the big one is beyond the little one and the little is the only one covered, the big one is still there, visible from a great distance directing folks to I35w North, as soon as you get ready to make that exit or merge, the orange cones and road closed signs are telling you that you can't do what the sign just told you to do.

This is a grand plan to persuade us by confusing us and irritating us that we need this bridge to be rebuilt and as fast as possible, just in case we all find out that we really don't need it.

Needless to say I am not done on this subject and tomorrow will probably be more rantings and ravings on this topic. All I have to do is get in the car or walk down the street and MNDOT has the ability to piss me to the bone.