Description

Why is there a left turn only lane on Andover Street heading northwestbound, that turns onto Buttonwood Lane? The road is two lanes in this direction for a long distance behind this intersection, and for a very long distance in front of this intersection, and Buttonwood Lane is a very minor road... it makes no sense to create a bottleneck on a major road such as Andover St caused by forcing people to merge from 2 lanes into 1 lane, then back into 2 lanes after they cross this minor intersection. The left lane should have the option of going straight or turning left. This is probably why this intersection is on MassDOT's top 200 intersection cluster list (http://gis.massdot.state.ma.us/maptemplate/topcrashlocations)