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Originally Posted by CanadianTalk
The intersection of Fanshawe Park Rd and Richmond St will be reconstructed next year. The public meeting was tonight and the slides have been posted:
https://getinvolved.london.ca/33683/...ocuments/94127
Here is a summary of proposed changes: - Fanshawe Park will be widened to 3 lanes in each direction between both legs of North Centre Rd
- Dual left turn lanes from NB Richmond to WB Fanshawe
- New right turn lane from NB Richmond to EB Fanshawe
- Removal of those slip-lanes/ "pork-chop" islands to improve pedestrian safety
- Wider sidewalks and protected in-boulevard bike paths in all 4 directions (right now, there is just one bike lane heading EB)
You can see the renderings of the roads in slides I linked above
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I'm glad to see that intersection finally get some improvements. Some of the last several times I was in London and went to Masonville, I made the mistake of trying to turn left from Richmond NB onto Fanshawe Park Road. The left turn lane couldn't accommodate all vehicles turning left without backing up into the thru lane, and the left-turn arrow was so short it would only let 2-3 vehicles through at a time. Having a second left turn lane - and hopefully improved traffic signals - would make a big difference there.
Last time I went to Masonville this past July, I drove out of my way to avoid that intersection when I was leaving the mall.