Highway 102 Upgrades (Bi-Hi Expansion) | Proposed

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Haliguy

Are you one of those people who slow down on a green hoping the light will turn red lol

Defensive driving course instructors will tell you to slow down as you approach an intersection, so you will have a little more time to react if something goes wrong (intersections are the highest risk of car/car or car/pedestrian collisions).

So, people who slow down as they approach an intersection are not doing it because they want to wait at a red light, they are doing it to improve safety. I assume you were only joking in your comment, based upon the "lol", but watching people drive and blow through stale yellows and reds makes me believe that most people don't have a clue when they are behind the wheel. Another argument for an efficient and convenient LRT system, to get some of these people off the roads.

The intersection being discussed is a good application for a roundabout, IMHO.

[HalifaxRetales]

Originally Posted by Haliguy

Its the perfect location for a roundabout.

I agree so many go through there way too fast if they have a green

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

Defensive driving course instructors will tell you to slow down as you approach an intersection, so you will have a little more time to react if something goes wrong (intersections are the highest risk of car/car or car/pedestrian collisions).

So, people who slow down as they approach an intersection are not doing it because they want to wait at a red light, they are doing it to improve safety. I assume you were only joking in your comment, based upon the "lol", but watching people drive and blow through stale yellows and reds makes me believe that most people don't have a clue when they are behind the wheel. Another argument for an efficient and convenient LRT system, to get some of these people off the roads.

The intersection being discussed is a good application for a roundabout, IMHO.

You can be observant and drive defensibly without slowing down to a crawl several meters back from an intersection on a green. I do agree with you on the blow through on a yellow.

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by HalifaxRetales

I agree so many go through there way too fast if they have a green

Now they won't have stop at all (: great news!

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Haliguy

Now they won't have stop at all (: great news!

Until someone else crashes into them.

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

Until someone else crashes into them.

The stats would be prove otherwise!

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Haliguy

You can be observant and drive defensibly without slowing down to a crawl several meters back from an intersection on a green. I do agree with you on the blow through on a yellow.

You misunderstood. The procedure is to back off your speed a little, not slow down to a crawl. Less speed = more time to react. Nobody slows down to a crawl when approaching an intersection. If anything they speed up.

But it appears that you just want to argue, so carry on.

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

You misunderstood. The procedure is to back off your speed a little, not slow down to a crawl. Less speed = more time to react. Nobody slows down to a crawl when approaching an intersection. If anything they speed up.

But it appears that you just want to argue, so carry on.

Yes, people shouldn't, but some slow down way before the intersection like they want it to turn red. Its ridiculous!

[q12]

News release
Minister Designates New Special Planning Area; Two Major Studies Complete

16 May 2025

More homes will be built faster in designated planning areas in Bedford and Halifax.

Community studies are complete for two areas identified by Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) for growth – the Sandy Lake special planning area in Bedford and the Highway 102 west corridor lands in Halifax.

Growth and Development Minister Colton LeBlanc has designated 255 hectares west of Highway 102 as a special planning area, as recommended by the Executive Panel on Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality. He has also requested that the municipality initiate planning and bylaw work to enable development of up to 19,500 proposed residential units in the two special planning areas.

https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/0...udies-complete

Highway 102 west corridor lands



Sandy Lake special planning area



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[OldDartmouthMark]

Article on CBC:

Tender issued for Highway 102 redesign work

The design work will include safety upgrades to the interchanges that connect Highway 102 with Highway 101 at exits 4A and 4B, the connection with Highway 107 at exit 4C, the connection with Hammonds Plains Road at exit 3, and the Kearney Lake Road connection at exit 2.
The work, which is supposed to take 12 months, will also review ways to enhance freeway capacity and support “multi-modal integration and connectivity across the corridor.” That could include rapid transit and/or carpool lanes, but it’s also supposed to include any early results from a separate passenger rail feasibility study.

[Dmajackson]

Construction will begin this month on a small, quick fix for Exit 3 (Hammonds Plains).



https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/1...-3-highway-102

[OldDartmouthMark]

That’s a very necessary fix. I’m glad they are getting to it quickly.

[Dartguard]

The Province should actually be adding an entire extra lane from the Bedford Range to this exit especially as heavy trucks create a slow and dangerous bottle neck going up the Range hill. I have been jammed there many times.

[terrynorthend]

Drove to Sydney and back yesterday. The entire 102 is very congested nowadays, at all times of the day. By the time they get this 6 lane widening to exit 4 done, they are seriously going to be in need of 6 lanes to Truro, and 8 lanes to exit 4- possibly even to the airport. Volumes increase substantially at Miller Lake where it collects 118 traffic.

[Dartguard]

Originally Posted by terrynorthend

Drove to Sydney and back yesterday. The entire 102 is very congested nowadays, at all times of the day. By the time they get this 6 lane widening to exit 4 done, they are seriously going to be in need of 6 lanes to Truro, and 8 lanes to exit 4- possibly even to the airport. Volumes increase substantially at Miller Lake where it collects 118 traffic.

That's a long drive for one day, congrats. I agree that the 102 should be three lanes to at least the new Lantz exit.Both ways.

The Province should also look at long term 102 connection to the 101 at Mt Uniacke as Metro area's land mass would seem to naturally extend that way for the next 50 years of growth.