{"id":7603,"date":"2023-10-04T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2023-10-04T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:40:13","slug":"soybean-harvest-hampering-traffic-at-busy-decatur-intersections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/soybean-harvest-hampering-traffic-at-busy-decatur-intersections\/","title":{"rendered":"Soybean harvest hampering traffic at busy Decatur intersections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decatur police were providing traffic control at a busy city intersection late this morning and into the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-1024x678.jpg?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1356&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0730-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Combines were out in fields throughout Adams County Tuesday as farmers attempted to get a head start on harvest. (Photo by Dane Fuelling)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An unusually high volume of grain trucks were attempting to reach the Bunge North America plant on Decatur&#8217;s north side and causing traffic congestion at the busy 13th and Washington streets intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semi trucks were backed up on Washington St. on the west side of the intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police put out a statement before noon asking people to \u201cplease be mindful of the intersection at 13th &amp; Washington St. The Bunge plant is dealing with a high volume of truck traffic that is causing semi traffic congestion in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/C4CAC89DDD404A99828F18436D088AFE.jpg?resize=637%2C436\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/C4CAC89DDD404A99828F18436D088AFE.jpg?w=637&amp;ssl=1 637w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/C4CAC89DDD404A99828F18436D088AFE.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Trucks wait patiently on Washington Street waiting their turn to dumb soybeans at Bunge in Decatur. (Photo by Bob Shraluka) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSemi trucks are backed up going west of this intersection along Washington. Officers are diligently working to clear the roadways, and Bunge is working on a solution to deal with the volume of trucks. If you normally travel through this area, you may want to use an alternate road until the traffic is cleared up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One unconfirmed report said that the closing of two other Bunge plants brought about the extra traffic attempting to reach the Decatur plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Decatur police were providing traffic control at a busy city intersection late this morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,14,15],"class_list":["post-7603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ag","tag-decatur","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/8EF243527D224DD08CCEBFF09F0C04F7.jpg?fit=710%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}