I-95 Construction Advisory Frustration
So I see we are back to two lanes of I-95 South being shut down for construction, this time between exits 31-27. I had to deal with this all Summer last year but between exits 34-31.
This happens at night, which affects me because I work nights and need to be at work in Bridgeport by 9 p.m. I'm coming from East Haven so I even get hit with lane closures in West Haven.
What frustrates me the most is I have no warning before I leave my house that lanes are going to be closed and I need to leave my house early. I've checked everywhere online from CT DOT website to CTRoads, and nowhere does it say, at this time, from exits this to this, these lanes will be closed. There is no way to be proactive, it's just get on the highway and then surprise, advisory signs. Which sucks because I try leaving my house by 8 p.m., a whole hour before my shift, and I still got stuck at Exit 31 with two left lanes being shutdown. I mean I was at a dead stop, not even moving.
If you look online, there is no information on two lanes on I-95 South being closed over the last two days. So now I'm going to try to leave my house by 7 p.m., a whole two hours before I can clock in, just so I'm not stuck and late for work. Of course, this now means less time relaxing at home with family and if I do beat the lane closures, I get to work and have to do nothing till I can clock in.
It's just frustrating, I know I'm venting. Maybe I need to learn a new route to get to work, which would probably be the Merrit, but that might not be great either. I am a little autistic and deal with driving anxiety, so learning new routes will be challenging for me. But I can't keep being late for work. But I have limited time working nights to spend with family and having to leave super early in fear I'm going to get stuck in construction traffic because of lane closures, when I have no idea if or when DOT will be out there, is super inconvenient.