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Originally Posted by Dado
Well that's fair enough. There's not enough Ottawa-origin traffic (i.e. from Cumberland) on that segment to justify using Ottawa tax dollars to widen it, and, furthermore, a widening of that section will probably precipitate a widening of the 174 through Orleans.
Ottawa's incentive is to pacify old Hwy 17 east of Trim down to a rural arterial so as to slow traffic to make it safer for its residents along the road. Ottawa has absolutely no incentive to make it easier for Rockland residents to drive in to Ottawa.
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The first part of your statement is correct. As for the second statement about speeds, I am a resident of Cumberland Village and we have been pushing to reduce the speeds through Cumberland area. The city completed a speed study and low-and-behold, they say that there is no need to reduce the speed limit...
The proposal from the community association was to reduce the 174 from 90 to 80km/hr - there are no other city roads within the City's limit, either provincial or municipal with a 90km/hr speed (Hwy 7, Hwy 16, Hwy 31 as examples) and to reduce the speed within the village area to 60km/hr. This was rejected... even though the city of Rockland recently reduced the speed along the same road to 60km/hr!!!
We are all frustrated with the 174 issue, it is obvious that the city wants out of that road, notice the pot holes near Montreal Rd & Jeanne D'Arc?
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