General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

Ottawa Street is closed starting today, eastward of Westmount. It stretches to Mowat for now, but will likely phase eastward to Howland; and then on the west side to Pinedale, as work advances. The main focus will be the conversion of the intersection to a roundabout.

The second phase will also include the rebuild of the existing box culvert for Borden Creek. Originally everything from Fischer Hallman to Westmount was intended to be done in one go but the box culvert caused some issues hence the delay to this year.

Oh yes...because regional staff, when directed explicitly to prioritize the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and transit OVER the needs of car drivers still cannot imagine doing anything but a massive 3 lane roundabout.

That meeting will stick in my mind forever. And I'm sure regional staff and consultants have long forgotten it, will be legitimately surprised when it doesn't work for pedestrians, despite being told this repeatedly. Pay a person enough and their reality can be whatever you want it to be.