Traffic Tuesday: Construction delays on Highway 101 lead to frustration on other road – WYFF4 Greenville

Road construction to fix delays on one road have created new problems on another one, leaving many drivers on Highway 101 in the Greer area frustrated. A driver reached out to us frustrated with their morning and afternoon commute. Well, apparently she is not the only driver frustrated because SCDOT says they have received several complaints. SCDOT officials said they are working on a solution. Drivers are seeing backs up in the areas of from Memorial Drive Extension to Pine Drive sometimes. We did some digging and found some answers for why this is happening. This stretch of road has been on SCDOTs radar since 2016. "We have monitored the intersection, and then in 2018 based on the crash data we had at the time for safety reasons it was necessary to have a 3-way stop there to stop the major collision we were having there," said Brandon Wilson, the traffic engineer for District 3.This helped traffic from Milford Church Road enter onto Highway 101 but now it is causing backups for drivers on Highway 101. SCDOT officials said that is partly because of Gross Meadow Bridge being closed. It was deemed unsafe after an inspection so SCDOT had to close it. "Unfortunately, what that has done is pushed a lot of vehicles over to 101 and to that intersection," Wilson said.SCDOT is looking at whether or not to repair or completely replace the bridge. It is going to be a while before the bridge is fixed, officials said. So, engineers say they are not going to wait on the bridge to be fixed to hope that also fixes the congestion issues on Highway 101. "We are actively working on the intersection working to come up with a solution there to work that out then once the bridge opens back up it will just work even better," Wilson said.SCDOT officials said they are looking at several options including adding a traffic signal or replacing the three-way stop with flashers but it will probably be early next year before they get anything in the works.If there is something slowing down your commute or something you think is dangerous, we want to know about it. Send an email with details to this email address, newstips@wyff4.com, so we can work to get to the bottom of the issue.

Road construction to fix delays on one road have created new problems on another one, leaving many drivers on Highway 101 in the Greer area frustrated.

A driver reached out to us frustrated with their morning and afternoon commute.

Well, apparently she is not the only driver frustrated because SCDOT says they have received several complaints. SCDOT officials said they are working on a solution.

Drivers are seeing backs up in the areas of from Memorial Drive Extension to Pine Drive sometimes.

We did some digging and found some answers for why this is happening.

This stretch of road has been on SCDOTs radar since 2016.

"We have monitored the intersection, and then in 2018 based on the crash data we had at the time for safety reasons it was necessary to have a 3-way stop there to stop the major collision we were having there," said Brandon Wilson, the traffic engineer for District 3.

This helped traffic from Milford Church Road enter onto Highway 101 but now it is causing backups for drivers on Highway 101.

SCDOT officials said that is partly because of Gross Meadow Bridge being closed. It was deemed unsafe after an inspection so SCDOT had to close it.

"Unfortunately, what that has done is pushed a lot of vehicles over to 101 and to that intersection," Wilson said.

SCDOT is looking at whether or not to repair or completely replace the bridge.

It is going to be a while before the bridge is fixed, officials said.

So, engineers say they are not going to wait on the bridge to be fixed to hope that also fixes the congestion issues on Highway 101.

"We are actively working on the intersection working to come up with a solution there to work that out then once the bridge opens back up it will just work even better," Wilson said.

SCDOT officials said they are looking at several options including adding a traffic signal or replacing the three-way stop with flashers but it will probably be early next year before they get anything in the works.

If there is something slowing down your commute or something you think is dangerous, we want to know about it. Send an email with details to this email address, newstips@wyff4.com, so we can work to get to the bottom of the issue.

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