Mad Max and the GW Parkway - Why Doesnt the GW NPS Do Something?

When is the GW NPS going to correct the traffic problem on Memorial Circle? Why must we have the accident of the week or the accident of the day for this poorly designed traffic circle.

On Memorial Circle on the GW Parkway at the Memorial Bridge, traffic flowing east entering the bridge - is an absolute recipe for accidents. The GW NPS knows this. They have marked it as a dangerous intersection. Yet nothing has been done to correct it and there have been countless accidents.

This morning the NPS took down the saw horses and orange cones early. They are suppose to come down at 9:00 am. At 8:50 am they were not in place. As a result, another aggressive driver crossed a solid white line, did an illegal merge, almost caused another accident, flipping the bird to everyone as he crossed the bridge.

In the past the GW NPS said that the solutions are expensive. Rubbish. Had the GW NPS put a solution into its regular renovation plans, the GW NPS could have implemented a solution at no cost during its last renovation of the circle - which was recent.

The solutions are simple. They include - (1) Just like many bridges use plastic poles to separate lanes, put up temporary plastic poles between the inner and the outer lane preventing traffic on the inner lane from crossing the white line. Traffic coming coming up Washington BLVD can still merge into the outer lane of the circle if they need to. (2) Place a curb between the inner and outer lane in the circle preventing people from crossing the white line. Again, traffic from Washington Blvd can still merge into the circle. Or finally if the GW NPS doesnt like any of those, (3) post a police officer there occasionally and force a change into the traffic culture so that it is not so dangerous.

GW NPS knows this intersection is dangerous. When are they going to do something and fix this intersection.