La Pineda traffic becomes annoying

With nearly 10,000 cars in directing Patrick Air Force Base in the morning, no wonder that you back up traffic.

Movement, sometimes stretching for about a quarter mile on the right lane of the track at the top of the east traveling to Pineda south gate of the base between 6:45 and 8

"The traffic at a dead end in Pineda that early in the morning, bad," said David Davidson, a sheet metal mechanic Patrick civil works. He called 9-1-1 in the past because I thought that the situation is serious.

A project to extend rail lines to transform the face of the base to provide some comfort during the morning rush hour. Florida Department of

And transport to extend the turn lane on South Patrick Drive by 250 to 300 feet. The work is scheduled for launch in late spring or early summer, and the traffic is moving faster at the base, but will help you get more cars off the Pineda did not have a backup.

Davidson said he called the 45 Security Forces Squadron, which is responsible for checking the identities of the gates of the base this week and said they were aware of the situation, and has received other complaints.

Said Davidson, who lives in Melbourne, and worked in Patrick, since 1985, said he feared the risk of sitting in the right lane waiting for traffic to move at the base of the past and the vehicle speed of 55 miles per hour. The speed limit near the exit is 45 miles per hour.

"This is a burr in my saddle," he said. "It's tough."

Davidson said the backups that occur frequently in October.

Maj. John Newton, commander of the military security forces squadron 45, he knows that sometimes accumulates movement. He said that in some cases on the basis of the priorities that require movement of staff away from the door.

"Some days, it was very heavy," he said. "I have ordered that we have more people in the door."

Security forces and an estimated 10,000 vehicles enter the base through the main gate, south gate, and the door of the truck shows in the period between 6 and 9 am from the window.

Newton said that with many of the vehicles near the base, a backup can happen in a moment that only one or two of the drivers require the presence of additional security controls.

Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Kim said Montes left lane extension will help. .

"There's plenty of room to stack cars," he said. "We can not do a lot."

Received by the Bureau of the Office of Brevard County Sheriff 9-1-1 call about three backups in recent weeks, in November, December 7.22 November and 20. The mayor you DeSantis Sheriff in these three cases, and the traffic light in the south could disrupt Patrick.

Said Heller, a spokesman for the Ministry of FDOT in April based on the local authorities.

"I do not know where the initial interest in wine," he said. "We are, of course, keep an eye on our province."