The Law of Unintended Consequences

[Arctic Fox]

Never having had to turn left out of Del Mar on to Rio Grande, I cannot say whether or not that junction got backed up. But presumably it did, and four-way stop signs were put in some time back.

This made it easier to exit Del Mar, resulting in more people using it as a cut through.

Which has resulted in dangerous backing up at the other end of that stretch of Del Mar - the gate at the junction with Avenida Central.

And if they put in double gates there it will probably result in traffic backing up somewhere else.

[redwitch]

Ya shudda seen it before the four-way stop. I remember one day seeing it backed up to the Rio Grande pool. Being backed up to the end of Del Mar doesn't happen too often. A quick tip -- stay away from that intersection at the beginning of events or when a popular band is at Spanish Springs. If in a car, I've found it easier to go down Main Street at those times and that ain't no picnic, neither.

[Arctic Fox]

A quick tip -- stay away from that intersection at the beginning of events or when a popular band is at Spanish Springs.

I got caught in a mess trying to cross from Spanish Springs into Del Mar after a popular event but, as you say, there are ways around the problem.

[graciegirl]

Soon, several thousand people will return to their other places.

We will miss them, but it will be less congested.