Tells Us: What's the Worst Intersection in Cranberry?
Which road, red light, or stop sign do you try to avoid?
Just before the New Year, Cranberry Patch asked readers what they would like improve in the area in 2013. Some of the suggestions were adding more sidewalks and hiking trails to the community as well as allowing dogs in all of the Cranberry’s parks. One familiar theme that emerged was more traffic improvements, specifically widening Freedom Road and Route 228. This week, we’re asking readers to tell us, what is the worst intersection in the Cranberry area? In the last year, the township has erected, or plans to add, a number of traffic signals at intersections. These include signals at new businesses, like the one in front of the new Cranberry Crossroads Plaza and at the intersection of Longtree Way and Franklin Road near the new Hilton …
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Patty Gee
1:54 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
The section right beyond Franklin Rd. on 228 going east is a merge area. People do go too fast there in the right lane. And it is frustrating to wait through 3 lights. But if everyone would use both lanes to the merge point, then take a turn and let the ones on the right merge in, everyone would get through a little faster. That is one intersection where more driver courtesy is needed from … more ›