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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Chatham-Kent does have a safety issue. The crosswinds in the area are very heavy and particularly bad for transports. This is why the 401 in CK has a far disproportionate number of accidents.
Anyway as a Vancouverite & BCer it very hard to feel any empathy. Our roads are horrid. As an example our truck crossing has to grow thru school zones, residential areas, tractor and farm equipment crossings and usuage, no overpasses, lights at the bottom of three very steep hills which brings the transport traffic to a halt, go thru a major town area, and a total of 14 traffic lights just to make it to HWY#1. Some of the intersectins don't even have turning lanes.
Beleive it or not getting from the ferries or YVR to HWY#1, which is the only viable route to the rest of the province/country, is even harder.
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That's why the provincial government actually had to reconstruct 401 through C-K this summer.
And boy if one does not know about this history (the history of frequent accidents, especially the big one that happened in 1998), he or she won't understand why OPP at C-K stops cars at 106 kph (legend has it).
I hope that part gets 6-laned too though, in which case so should the portion through Elgin County just to make it consistent. LoL, I can't imagine 474 km of 6-laned 401 though.