Drivers blocking intersection and creating backups
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Members of the Bartow Police Department and the Community Services Team tend to driver of this Honda SUV who had problems Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Broadway and Van Fleet Drive. The department is patrolling the area where the intersection is getting blocked often, somewhat connected to the construction going on there.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
"Big Tony" Garregg works on filling in cement on Van Fleet Drive Thursday as cars pass on the left and right. With the road filled with workers they have to be aware that people are driiving the roads and look out for their safety.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
With the intersection of Van Fleet Drive and Broadway using temporary lanes and has been under construction for four months it can be confusing. Bartow Police Department has begun ticketing drivers who block the intersection.
The intersection of Broadway Avenue and Van Fleet Drive may cost drivers headaches until its scheduled finish in the fall, but if you don’t watch yourself, it could cost you money too as the Bartow Police Department is patrolling the intersection and issuing citations to those who block it.
Due in a large part to complaints to the police department, patrolmen will be manning the intersection and last week it issued 11 citations, said Sgt. David Wyant. And at rush hour on Thursday afternoon, the Community Services Team and the Alpha Squad issued 20 citations in about an hour, 19 of them for blocking the intersection. Wyant said in a press release that blocking an intersection is Florida statute violation with a $164 fine.
