12-01-2017, 05:08 PM
(12-01-2017, 03:57 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: But some of our streets are just ridiculous. Blue springs dr. is a good example. It's basically a dead end driveway for a couple of condo buildings, and it has parking on one side, yet it's about 3-4 lanes wide with no markings. How much money is spent to pave such a road, and how much environmental damage occurs because of the wide paved surface. For what benefit? Such a waste.
Absolutely. I don't know the history of Blue Springs Dr, but it's possible that it's like Benton St, it was intended to be an arterial road to somewhere, but the plans got cancelled sometime in the past (but after the first stretch was already paved four lanes wide). King St E, entering the city from Hwy 8, would be another such example.