Coupled with the construction delays, McCammon and DOT are facing increasingly vocal criticism by residents and businesses alike who depend on south Marion County's major east-west thoroughfare daily for transportation and income, respectively. We're doing everything we can to minimize the impacts, but that's part of construction. We have echoed McCammon's sentiments in the past, urging drivers to be patient, even if they often must wait through a half-hour or more of traffic to get through the construction zone. But his statements that DOT is doing everything it can strike us as patronizing and, frankly, hollow. The CR 484 project is no longer just another stretch of road work.
Work is slow.
Worker activity seems lackadaisical. No, DOT is not doing everything it can. We've seen much better. For the widening of State Road 200, crews have been beefed up to hurry the project along. If those things aren't options, DOT should harness its considerable engineering know-how and figure a way to open up more traffic lanes around the construction.