09-23-2021, 09:19 AM
(09-22-2021, 10:34 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(08-21-2021, 10:32 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: Some photo updates (sorry, didn't go all the way to Victoria, but from what I saw the other day everything that direction is still missing lane markings, and the Victoria St intersection is still partially unfinished).
Joseph & Water
Joseph & Water is now almost completed, but still needs some paving and signage. I now understand how the twisty passages turn into sidewalks.
But I am still mystified why the intersection of a one-way street with a residential street needs to be so massive. Is the city expecting a huge growth in traffic volumes here? Pre-construction, there would rarely be a car waiting at the traffic lights.
A combination of good and bad reasons: buses, garbage trucks, regional and city road standards and engineers.
Pretty much every residential street in the city is constructed with a 9 meter turning radii at a minimum, which is why the Complete Streets guide is so important (it suggests a 3 meter turn radii).
Yeah, it's a shame because they lost a bunch of trees on that corner.