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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Interesting discussion on CBC this morning with the city engineer regarding upcoming road and infrastructure projects around the city.
One of the most interesting points was with regarding the narrowing of the travel lanes on St. George Blvd. The street will remain four lane, but the narrowing of the lanes is designed to reduce speed. The bike lanes on the street will be commensurately widened.
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Does narrowing of lanes actually reduce speeds? Maybe for some. With the amount of commercial traffic that uses west St. George, narrowing of lanes might seem a little crazy but hey, engineers know what they are doing....