Highway 40 Commuter Fear
I live right off of Highway 40 in west St. Louis County and I work right off of Highway 40 in downtown St. Louis. Needless to say, I've been dreading January 2nd, 2008! It's the day my normally 35-minute commute, turns into "who knows what" kind of a commute!
Yes, I have a plan for an alternate route. The problem is, it could be the same plan as every other driver in town. Yes, I did check into taking the bus and Metrolink. However, fitting mass transit schedules into my schedule of dropping 3 kids off at two different schools in the morning and constantly changing work hours, is overwhelming. Working from home is not an option, since I don't happen to have a t-v studio. I even thought about asking my bosses at KSDK if "Chopper 5" could swing by my house and pick me up in between traffic reports. At this point, building a helicopter pad in my yard seems more manageable than two years without Highway 40!
The whole thing worries me so much, I'm staying home January 2nd, 2008! I took the day off, mostly because my kids are off of school. But I am hoping to avoid whatever problems come the first day of the Highway 40 shutdown. So the day I'm now dreading is January 3rd, 2008. Here's hoping we are all pleasantly surprised at how well we cope and how fast two years goes by!
