Dump truck stuck on barrier causes traffic backup, Bayou Vista TX
A dump truck is stuck on a concrete barrier near Highway 6 in the Texas City area. This causes a backup of dump trucks piling up. Officers are coordinating traffic to redirect vehicles and use contraflow to ease congestion.
Audio|Source: Galveston and La Marque Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Can you come how the traffic in the dump trucks are piling up where they exit to come towards Texas City from Highway 6? Do you convert them for me, please, what I mean?
00:15
Good row.
00:17
51.
00:21
I'll recognize that I don't handle anywhere on Highway 6.
00:25
That's correct, we're not on Highway 6.
00:27
They have this little area right here, the line on the north side,
00:32
which exits for Highway 6.
00:38
We'll handle it.
00:43
The truck is stuck on the concrete barrier, and it cannot move.
00:51
Do you have an LP for the next help?
01:00
Stan Young Charles (number withheld).
01:04
John Young Charles, (number withheld).
01:05
John Young Charles, (number withheld).
01:10
997 out.
01:17
Faisa Galveston is your next out.
01:24
4-3-to-51.
01:27
Good.
01:30
It's backed all the way up here to the light in front of Bayou Vista.
01:33
What do you want me to do with them?
01:40
Get them back up.
01:41
I'm thinking to block off the feeder road and send them back to Highway 6 from the exit ramp.
01:46
They can come forward. Whatever's back up now can come forward and just go contraflow right here where we're at and then come back to Highway 6.
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Location mentioned:
Hwy 6, Bayou Vista, TX
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