Dozier does DOLLAR GENERAL

Sorry Homeagain, it's been a busy week.

Yes, Dozier sold a bunch of land right there at 43 so new stores could be built, and the Dollar General is one of the first to open, but I don't think it's impacted traffic all that much. Comments in other online groups seems to indicate people either love or hate the store being open so I'm not sure how busy it's been.

As for the light, it's been in CDOT's plans all along to remove the light altogether. They changed the timing on the light earlier this summer to favor highway traffic movement and it's caused some angst for people trying to get turned off of 43. The end goal is to remove all left turns there at that intersection and for people who want to head northbound on 285 from 43 or get to 43 from NB 285 to use the exit at Crow Hill/CR 72 so as to keep traffic flowing (they will be extending the on-ramp so it's not so short). No idea when all of this will come about, as it's tied to funds that CDOT claims it doesn't have for 285 (thus, my post asking everyone to contact CDOT and our gov't representatives so we can get 285 moved up in priority for projects).