07-13-2022, 01:32 AM
(07-12-2022, 05:50 PM)Bytor Wrote:(07-12-2022, 05:32 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: But this simply isn't true.
There are no manuals no standards at the region, at the province, at a national level that require a road like Highland Rd. to have four lanes. This was fully acknowledged by regional staff. They said they prefer four lanes without any justification beyond a preference for four lane roads.
Really? When did they say that there are no standards in the Region? Citation, please.
Please read the whole sentence.
There are no standards at the region, at the province, at a national level that require a road like Highland Rd. to have four lanes. And if you want a citation, go read the minutes of the meetings where staff presented the Highland Rd. project to ATAC. They were very explicit with this. Traffic projections within the 30 year planning horizon do not show that 4 lanes would be required. They 'prefer' four lanes for 'additional operational flexibility'.
I asked in that meeting why we were building 4 lanes when it wasn't necessary and I was told that we were ATAC and we shouldn't be questioning car infra....which is ridiculous because cars are the main obstacle to AT. It was probably the beginning of the end of my tenure on ATAC.