09-13-2015, 03:45 PM
In the Planning and Works agenda, it looks like Westmount/Glasgow is reccomended to be reverted to have no dedicated left-turn bays, so that there can once again be two southbound though lanes.
The report talks about how the existing configuration, (where one of the southbound lanes becomes a left turn bay, leaving only one through lane) was implemented in 2001, in response to a spate of left turn collisions. Planners had wanted to widen to allow for 2 through lanes and a left turn bay, but neighbourhood opposition forced the compromise of repurposing the existing 4-lane width.
They mention that if left-turn collisions return, it will effectively be up to council to decide whether to widen the road to allow for left turn bays, or to disallow left turns on to Glasgow at all.
The report talks about how the existing configuration, (where one of the southbound lanes becomes a left turn bay, leaving only one through lane) was implemented in 2001, in response to a spate of left turn collisions. Planners had wanted to widen to allow for 2 through lanes and a left turn bay, but neighbourhood opposition forced the compromise of repurposing the existing 4-lane width.
They mention that if left-turn collisions return, it will effectively be up to council to decide whether to widen the road to allow for left turn bays, or to disallow left turns on to Glasgow at all.