CARMAGEDDON!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14168613

How is it going so far Ricks?

What about Farmer Geddon the Devon farmer in charge of Badger destruction!

Frank Bullitt wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14168613

How is it going so far Ricks?

Thanks for asking Frank, and sorry for the late reply!

Well as you might have guessed.... Traffic has never been lighter. The 405 on friday, barely had a car on it as the deadline for closing approached. The rest of the freeway system was just as good.

Work was completed 18 hrs ahead of schedule and the 405 was back open about noon on Sunday.

I am sure things will be back to 'normal' at rush hour on monday morning. (9am here is 5pm in the UK)

Check it out when you get home from work here:

http://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?Region=LA+West#lat=34.08076&lon=-118.56825&z=2

The stretch that was closed is the stretch between the two freeways to the left of 'Beverly Hills'. It is one of the busiest and most prone to 'fender bender' parts of freeway in all America - due to the many on and off ramps in a short space slap bang in the middle of the 'westside'!

I live just a few miles north of where the work was done on the 'Mulholland' bridge, just north and east of the 405 - 101 interchange in the 'Valley'.

The monkees sang about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzs5dlLrm0

You should try living in Plymstock, it takes us 2 years to build a bridge and carry out a few alterations that grinds traffic from the east to a dead stop!

My Mum has a house in Oreston........... bleddy funny people in that village I can tellee !

I'll wave to Mum then!

An update for you.

The traffic situation was so good that weekend the event is now being called....

Carmaheaven!