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Houseboat blocks traffic on Square for over one hour This is one incident which very much illustrates the need for the new Bypass - COUNCILMAN CHARLES GRIMSLEY Columbia Police Department traffic control, deft handling of big rig enable rig against the normal flow of traffic let big rig escape Square, merrily on its way North. Two Photos by Mike Keltner accompany this story Three comments follow this story. Last one says, "Great Post! All the questions are pertinent andneed answers---although, I doubt they will be.The local politicians seem to never ask questions like yours--they are more interested in tackling issues like skateboarding and lawn mowing." Downtown Columbia's traffic flow was disrupted for over an hour on Tuesday, afternoon, September 27, 2005, when a semi truck pulling an 80-ft Somerset houseboat tied traffic for over one hour when it tried to exit the Square onto Campbellsville Street When the truck couldn't negotiate the turn, even with the aid of Columbia Police, and after a number of signs were temporarily removed, the driver backed it up, and went around the Square to the Burkesville Street exit, stopped, and then backed the truck into Greensburg Street. Re-orienting big rig takes four tries "It took four tries," Charles Grimsley said, to get the truck headed toward Campbellsville Street." Grimsley is owner of Grimsley's Jewelry and a Columbia City Councilman, civic leader and longtime Square observer. The driver was finally able to head the truck toward Campbellsville Street, in a backward direction to normal traffic flow, and exit the Square. Grimsley said that exiting the Square in this direction is because the opening in that direction is wider than the opening between the courthouse and Campbellsville Street from the JamestownS ST/Campbellsville Street quadrant. "This is one incident which very much illustrates the need for the new Bypass,"Mr. Grimsley said. Quite often, now, Chief Mark Harris of the Columbia Police Department stops traffic to re-route over-length vehicles against the normal traffic flow. This morning, Thursday, September 29, 2005, traffic was stopped while the police escorted a long mobile home across the Square from Jamestown Street to Burkesville Street, with far less delay for other traffic than happens when such a vehicle is stuck and extrication becomes a major happening. This story was posted on 2005-09-29 18:05:02
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