Mass Pike / I-84 (Exit 9) Frustration

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I went to Boston with the wife and
kids. Took a trip back on the Pike and needed to head down I-84 into
CT (Exit 9). The trip was totally uneventful until we passed the exit
for I-290/I-395/MA-12 at around 4:30 p.m. (Exit 10). There didn't
seem to be any flood of "rush hour" traffic entering the Pike from
Exit 10. Traffic was stop-and-go for about eight of the 10 or so
miles between Exit 10 and 9.

Having grown up in Massachusetts (and remembering when there was an
I-86 and MA/CT-52), I've slowly watched this intersection get worse
and worse with backups onto the Pike's mainline, holiday or not. Part
of the problem (and only a part) seemed to be poor lane
configuration. A cash lane was sandwiched between two Fast Lanes,
causing people to rush down the Fast Lane and then cut in line. As
they waited to cut in line, this caused problems for people wanting to
access the Fast Lane.

Are there any plans to rework the interchange?
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