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Old 04-14-15 | 11:16 AM
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Think Globally, Act "Locally"...

..but just "think". Saw this on the ride into work today:
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Old 04-14-15 | 12:02 PM
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That means the road is close. But if you live on that road you can go ahead.
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Old 04-14-15 | 12:44 PM
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That means the road is close. But if you live on that road you can go ahead.
That may be what it means; that's not what is says.
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Old 04-14-15 | 01:47 PM
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That means the road is close. But if you live on that road you can go ahead.
No, that's the opposite of what it says. It says it's closed to local traffic but through traffic can go ahead.

Also, of course it's 'close' - it's RIGHT THERE.
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Old 04-15-15 | 07:41 AM
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No, that's the opposite of what it says. It says it's closed to local traffic but through traffic can go ahead.

Also, of course it's 'close' - it's RIGHT THERE.
+1 closed to local traffic but thru traffic can proceed!
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They should have use one of these instead
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