General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

I mean, it wasn't widened in this most recent reconstruction, I assume Jaminican was referring to whenever in the past it was widened...it certainly hasn't always been 4 lanes.

I guess my memory is failing me, because I seem to recall that that section of Weber near Simeon was 2 lanes not too long ago. On reflection, I think they widened it due to anticipated traffic related to ION construction?

Edit: I just checked, and my memory is definitely failing me - Region GIS shows it at 4-lanes from 2000 onward (no air photos from earlier).

AFAIK the widening happened from Victoria St. northwards to somewhere south of Union St. And what a terrible job they did of it, that neighbourhood is completely cut off from the other half, and the Victoria/Weber intersection is a danger to everyone. And yeah, it has a MUT along side...but whoever built it, well, the conversation went "What's a MUT"..."I dunno...says here 3 meters wide"..."3 meter wide sidewalk, done and done."

It took years just for them to acquiesce to putting up signage.

I think Weber was widened in the late 1960s -- before my time. Maybe Panamaniac will remember that far back?

I wish I could say I didn’t, but in fact I remember Weber when it was two lanes and lined with enormous trees (that had left the sidewalks looking like the rocky road to Dublin).  As a main traffic spine in KW, the widening never seemed excessive to me.

But it's not a main traffic spine, it's a residential street. That's the problem. As a result it functions very poorly at all of its purposes.