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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Dammit. They wrecking the perfectly functional signalized intersection at Lancaster Dr/Micmac Blvd and the 118 with a roundabout. What a waste.
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While I too question the need (or wisdom) of placing a roundabout there, I definitely don't think I'd call the existing intersection "perfectly functional". For whatever reason, it's been the site of a number of very serious high-speed collisions. I could speculate that it's related to westbound traffic on the 118 heading for Woodland Ave not slowing down quickly enough to recognize the intersection, but that's just my armchair musing.
And if that actually
is the case, I'm not sure what the non-roundabout solution would be. Maybe a series of rumble strips or speed bumps (as at the Cobequid Pass toll plaza)?
I also wonder whether eastbound traffic on Woodland - particularly out-of-towners not familiar with the area - may be accelerating too rapidly up the hill in anticipation of moving onto the highway, unaware that once they're at the crest they still face another set of traffic signals before the transition to higher speed limits (50->80->100). Again, just idle musing with no hard data, but having driven that route hundreds (if not thousands) of times, that's my surmise.
I deal regularly with the traffic tsunami leaving Dartmouth Crossing for the 118 and Woodland westbound during the afternoon rush and can just picture the jam it could generate at a roundabout. Traffic from Micmac Blvd or Lancaster Drive could have a hell of a wait to enter the circle.
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