I think that ultimately a traffic light may be necessary there--if traffic keeps increasing at that intersection, it's simply going to become unsafe to make the left there. At that point it won't be a matter of "trying to make traffic worse for everyone," but something needed for the safety of everyone. As for saying "you should have thought about that before you moved there," that's quite the load of bs given that a lot of folks moved in there when there was no traffic at that intersection--and the issue would have been irrelevent then. Traffic increased since then, and nobody has a crystal ball.  Traffic patterns change as populations increase, and new lights need to be added sometimes.

For now, I tend to avoid that entrance during rush hour, instead coming out at Edison road and making the right onto the 347, which is a lot easier.

True, maybe something other than a stop light would solve the problem.  An acceleration lane would definitely help.

If the Tortosa people would stay on Honeycutt, instead of driving over to SmithEnkhe, there wouldnt be as much traffic.

So now people that live in Tortosa can't use public streets? 

Have you tried to turn onto JWP from Honeycutt?  Talk about an intersection that needs improvement!  I don't live in Tortosa, but I am sure glad that many of them do the smart thing and take Porter over to Smith-Enke.  If they didn't, the traffic would be backed up nearly to Porter trying to turn onto JWP. 

Then there needs to be a stoplight at VRED.   In the morning it is near impossible to make a left turn there.

RichTig go with the light at edison. Why should a light be made just for your community when you already have a decent way to get in and out of your neighborhood?

Really, it's not just a matter of convenience for 'a few residents' (I think you must be joking or really have no idea about the size of the population in this subdivision to be characterizing it this way anyway.)  It's a matter of the safety of everyone at that intersection (in VRED or on Smith Enke but being affected by the people turning out of VRED), particularly during the morning rush hour.  It's a basic fact of any growing city/town: once traffic at an intersection becomes heavy enough to the point of accidents being likely, a light needs to be added for the sake of safety.  The city can make the determination of when/if it becomes necessary, based on the same criteria used to make the determination for other intersections.  If the city determines the problem can be resolved in another way (like Ken's suggestion of removing some of the median and adding a turn lane) I'm fine with that too. 

Something does need to be done though, and the subdivision is far too big for the single exit at Edison to be an effective solution--particularly for those at the opposite end of the subdivision.  There's no way that this could work anyway.  Consider that there's only a single main road WITHIN the subdivision, which every single person in this big subdivision who has to go to work in the morning would need to be traveling on in the same direction to get to Edison.  Having more then one exit out of the subdivision helps alleviate this problem--same as it does in the other larger subdivisions.

Then a light isn't going to help you at all. I see this kind of backup every time I visit Frys Electronics, and the light only makes things worse. Why? Well if you get a light I can guarantee your next complaint will be people that don't wait their turn and stop in the intersection. So VRED will get a green light but there will be nowhere for you guys to go because of how much traffic there is. A light will only make things worse.

VRED has Edison dedicated to it. Lobby for better timing of the Edison light and use that. It's your only hope, because there are neigbhorhoods for which Smith-Enke is the only option. Another thing that would help is for ADOT to put a crowbar into their wallet and add more to the right lane on 347 after Smith-Enke. Then kill the right lane prior to Smith-Enke and give Smith-Enke a solid green arrow all of the time.

Smith-Enke sounds overloaded in the morning and asking for a way so more residents can pile on isn't going to help.

A traffic signal has already been approved and will be installed in the near future.