Don't know about 235, but on northbound Rt. 5 at 6:30 this morning, from before Bert's all the way up to the Mechanicsville post office, the right lane was blocked off with orange cones. I counted 9 state trooper cars, a couple of deputy sheriff cars, some other state-looking vehicles and several dump trucks parked parked all along the shoulder and in the right lane. They had traffic backed up past Mechanicsville Road and the 7-11. I hope that DOT and/or any other government agency wasn't stupid enough to do this during rush hour unless this was a true emergency situation. Blocking off a lane during rush hour is a really dumb and dangerous thing to do if it isn't absolutely necessary. Not to mention inconvenient for lots of folks who were late to work this morning.