VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The City of Virginia Beach said on Thursday that there's a technical issue with the light signal timing at the intersection of Kempsville Road and Indian River Road.
The city said the traffic signal timings were disrupted, and this has created an increase in traffic congestion in the area.
Traffic Operations is working with the contractor to correct the situation by adjusting the signal timings.
Driver Bob Heghmann said, “who thought this up. I mean a 6-year-old wouldn’t have done this.”
Heghmann and many other drivers said the road is complicated and not being able to make left-hand turns just makes driving difficult.
“When they changed it, I couldn’t believe it. How could you be this stupid? Really, it makes no sense in any direction. I come through here two to three times a week and it’s a disaster every time. Any time of the day, it’s a disaster,” Heghmann said.
The city also said that the congestion issue is not a safety issue.
Once the timings have been corrected, congestion should be reduced and traffic flow should return to normal. Crews hope for the work to be completed by this weekend.
“I try to avoid rush hour so I will take like the neighborhood route through this. It will be backed up all the way over here for just one light because it turns red so fast,” said driver Francesco Miller.