Some island neighbors are concerned about excessive traffic backups at the intersection of South Padre Island Drive (SPID) and Aquarius Street. This is the intersection with Starbucks just past the JFK Causeway. Drivers say this intersection sometimes has congestion stretching all the way to the H-E-B in Flour Bluff during peak times, such as summer weekends. Rita Corpus, who works at Padre Isles Hair Salon, has experienced the traffic problems firsthand.
“We are right off the Causeway, or the bridge, and it’s the first business you see. In the summer months, there’s tons of traffic. The traffic is horrible,” Corpus said.
Corpus said that last weekend, traffic was backed up from the JFK Causeway all the way to the H-E-B in Flour Bluff…