Submitted by Devils Advocate (not verified) on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 4:03pm.
First I will have to agree that the decision for the County Sheriffs to allow clean up when they did was absolutely the wrong one. I imagine this will be a learning experience for them. A wiser decision that someone had mentioned was to place an officer at the location until night for cleanup then, this I think would have solved the whole problem. They could even bill the time for the police assistance back to the drivers insurance.
Now to address the other side of the situation and all the commuters to and from Brunswick county. I am sure most of you choose to live in Brunswick county and commute to Wilmington over the bridges, did not take into account how awful a route this is and how prone it is to backups. I bet you looked at what kind of a home you could get in comparison to New Hanover County and thought it was a good deal, more bang for you buck; which I am sure that it is. But what you have to realize is that there is a reason that its such a good deal and that is because there is only one way into Wilmington, and this one and only artery is so prone to backups its ridiculous. You need to get use to this as it is not going to change. from what I hear completion of 140 and the Skyway Bridge are problably decades away.
Next time its backed up, do what I do go downtown have a drink eat some food at a local establishment and wait it out. You need to expect these types of things from time to time.
Don't get me wrong I am still pissed that I didn't get home until 8:30, but I blame myself for living in Brunswick county and commuting back that way over the river.
First I will have to agree