All traffic jams lead to pike Route 30 work at Harrisburg Pike has caused a nightmare that has spread to other roads. It's Thursday afternoon, three days after Christmas, and traffic on Harrisburg Pike has returned to normal. Westbound, the backup begins at the post office and continues to the light at the Mennonite Home. Cars sit through three, four cycles of the same lights without moving.
Frustrated drivers pour into intersections when the lights turn yellow and block traffic.
Sit there long enough and you may witness other drivers making, ah, hand gestures. Perhaps at you. By now, Lancastrians have gotten used to construction traffic. Ever since work on the Route 30 project began in 1996, roads along the corridor have been snarled. Tie-ups on Fruitville, Lititz and Oregon pikes during the first phase of the project made headlines.