Comments on Tanker Explosion Closes Route 7TypePad2005-07-13T10:01:00ZDan Spencerhttps://cayankee.blogs.com/cayankee/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://cayankee.blogs.com/cayankee/2005/07/tanker_explosio/comments/atom.xml/George Regnery commented on 'Tanker Explosion Closes Route 7'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345213db69e200d834830ff569e22005-07-16T02:37:02Z2007-08-17T20:19:55ZGeorge RegneryThis road gets so much traffic: it's a two lane road that carries 30,000 cars per day. I imagine the...<p>This road gets so much traffic: it's a two lane road that carries 30,000 cars per day. I imagine the SUV driver grew impatient waiting for a gap to turn left, and took a risk. Worked for the SUV driver, just not the tanker driver.</p>
<p>Connecticut likes its road to be backed up. It owns a parallel stretch to build a four lane divided highway, but refuses to do so. So Route 7, the only north-south road in some direction, gets mega traffic as housing prices in lower Fairfield county have really priced most workers out of the market.</p>