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Originally Posted by frinkprof
^Interesting. Which part was frustrating?
I know traffic circles tend to be a fairly divisive idea for one reason or another.
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the most frustrating part was having the city go back on it's word of wanting to install the best option of a circle, then having a resident survey change their minds and install lights instead, which was always a very undesireable solution from the city.
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Originally Posted by Ferreth
^^ I was at the open house for that and a lot of people I overheard were downright hostile to the idea of a traffic circle. The alternative most people seemed to want was a traffic light. I was undecided. The city didn't provide any details of what they might want to build there for a traffic circle, although they had some models of a typical one. I wanted to see how they would integrate a 4 lane road north of 14th St. & 19th Av. connecting with two lane roads in every other direction. City could have done a better "sales job" on the traffic circle IMHO.
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a lot of people may have been hostile, because the city doesn not communicate well at all. i was the only one that brought any background of a circle to our meetings. the city brought nothing. majority of the traffic committee, after discussing the pros and cons of a circle with the city, were all sold on installing one, and the city was happy because they didn't think we'd go for it.
the circle, as explained to us, would have been one lane in, one lane out. so only a single lane circle. this is the simplest form of circle couldn't be more esy to navigate. they would have used curb extensions to close of the extra lanes to creat this scenario.
after the city, the committee all agreed on a final traffic calming plan, they city sent out a survey asking residents about it. well, some residents screamed bloody heel over a circle. somehow, the city decided that what they thought was the best option, what the traffic committee thought was the best option, was all of a sudden not the best idea, because some people were afraid of it. yet the city still proudly thinks that a circle at heritage and macleaod will go over smoothly with calgarians. if they can't stand up to a few maylanders, they won't be able to do it to all calgarians.
all in all, they city balked on the best deal for mayland heights, and decided to install traffic lights, which were one idea they despised from the get go, as it would cause traffic to back up towards 16 ave and possibly creating more isssues.
i wrote our alderman, the traffic committee and the city officials who were dealing with us. i asked why they went away from, as they claimed, the best idea of installing a traffic circle. it's been just over a year and i still have not heard a response from any party involved.
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