General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

Why no through traffic across Courtland?

Judging by the arrows, there is no through traffic. The centre lane is not marked at all.

It's a remnant of long-dead plans for a thoroughfare. The same plans dictated the city purchasing the rowhouse unit closest to Benton and tearing it down, too.

I do think the region recognizes that it makes no sense in its current configuration, but, as Dan says, there is no plan for what it should be in the future.

Yeah, I mean, if you ask staff, they fully know that it is pointless in its current configuration. But that hasn't stopped them continuing to repave it 4 lanes for the past 4 decades....including massive reconstruction for LRT which has squandered a once in a lifetime opportunity to rethink it through downtown.

The same problem exists with the other end of the throughfare project, which is Homer-Watson. We rebuild the massive Homer-Watson/Ottawa intersection with zero consideration that there is no reason for a massive five lane road leading to a T intersection with a residential street.