Traffic Report

Traffic appears to be consistently backing up (way up) on the I-440 exit ramp at Murphy Road on weekday mornings. Today around 7:40 a.m. it was backed up past the ramp as far as I could see in the distance. The city has recently adjusted the timing of the light, but I'm not sure if that was intended to help with the traffic flow or merely to make the light "on" (i.e., not flashing yellow) for most of the day. It doesn't seem to be affecting traffic on Murphy all that much, but it may be something we want to keep an eye on.

Also, please note that President Bush is scheduled to be in town today and that West End will be shut down at times during the afternoon for security reasons. He will speak around 5:30 p.m. this afternoon, so you may want to consider an alternate route if you were planning to drive on West End during rush hour today.