Boom lift truck blocks Carl Smith St causing traffic jam, Charlottesville VA


A boom lift truck is blocking Carl Smith Street near the stadium. This is causing significant traffic delays and disrupting bus routes.
Audio|Source: Charlottesville and UVA Transit
01:12
Transcript:
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Clock 12, we're stuck on Carl Smith way, that boom truck that moves at half a foot every five minutes is in the way, and it's going to be there for a while.
00:13
Sorry, what's in the way?
00:16
Shot truck to base.
00:18
The boom lift, the sky lift trucks that are working around the stadium, they barely move, and they always do it right in the middle of traffic.
00:28
Yes, sir.
00:29
104. The driver was not on 124 when I fixed it, but it's ready to go, so you want to let them know? Yeah.
00:39
Are you,
00:41
by any chance, are you able to secure your bus and speak to one of them and let them know we have our routes that need to go by? I can do that, but I don't think they're going to listen. They do it every day.
00:53
I would really appreciate it if you could try just because we have goal line there as well.
00:59
And we're just going to create a huge traffic and please let that be known to them as well.
01:05
Okay,
01:09
they're just moving it around the other side of the sidewalk. So it should be about three minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Carl Smith St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
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