General Road and Highway Discussion

[neonjoe]

I may just be noticing it more since I'm on Highway 8 more often these days, but the backup of traffic waiting to use the Highway 8 to 7/8 Westbound lanes is kind of a hazard. During rush hour, vehicles in the third lane are pretty much at a crawl as far back as the Weber St onramp. I wonder when the MTO will decide it's time to either upgrade the interchange to be a full directional T or close some ramps to improve the amount of weaving that's happening?

I’m old enough to remember when there was the WB-7 to EB-8 loop ramp that was a disaster and a half