London Roads

[haljackey]

Originally Posted by haljackey

Haven't done one of these in a long time... so here you go!

• Video Link

HD/link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXq0Mst1C0

Hope you enjoyed the drive!

Southdale suffers from chronic congestion pretty much all day long, and Southdale/Wonderland desperately needs a reconfigured intersection.

Originally Posted by manny_santos

By the way, the last road you turned onto, was that Cheese Factory Road?

No, it's called Commerce Road. There's a crapload of industrial development on it between Wilton Grove Road and the 401 frontage.

Originally Posted by Pimpmasterdac

If the city had followed its plans, it called for Andover Dr. to be extended south to Wharncliffe which would have taken some local area traffic off Southdale and Wonderland south. Of course a few people on Andover complained about "increased hypothetical traffic" and now a retirement home has been built square in the middle of any southern extension rendering that idea dead.

From what I remember, Andover was 'planned' to go to a Bradley extension, and proposed to go all the way to Warncliffe. These plans were shelved when the Bradley extension became a stale proposal, along with negative feedback from residents like you mentioned. The failure to extend Andover Drive resulted in a new three-way intersection on Southdale between Andover and Wonderland, further increasing traffic congestion in the area.

Poor planning. As we all know, Southdale needs immediate 4-lane widening with bus bays, bike lanes and actual sidewalks. The current 2-lane road doesn't even have a sidewalk in some sections, making people walk either on private grass or the road's edge.