THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, March 4, 1995 TAG: 9503040007
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Editorial
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
Traffic engineering in the city of Norfolk never heard of the No Surprises Rule.
The latest change we've noticed the city has sprung on the driving public is downtown in the area of Scope. Suddenly, drivers traveling toward Waterside on St. Paul's Boulevard can't turn left at the intersection of St. Paul's and Bute Street or in the next block at St. Paul's and Wood Street. There were a brief couple of days when the no-left-turn sign at St. Paul's and Bute came down - but apparently, uh, unofficially.
There are lights at both intersections to regulate traffic - and there are advance greens for left turns at intersections all over the city, whatever the time and day and however light the traffic. But not here.
No, here the first legal left turn after crossing Bram-bleton Avenue is via a left-turn cut-in with no traffic signal . . . and into the midst of a shopping center.
Is this Norfolk's latest foray into downtown economic development? by CNB