General Road and Highway Discussion - Printable Version +- Waterloo Region Connected (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com) +-- Forum: Waterloo Region Works (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=14) +--- Forum: Transportation and Infrastructure (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25) +--- Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion (/showthread.php?tid=335) Pages:
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RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Markster - 06-27-2017 University Ave and Woolwich St has some new portable traffic lights up. This was not a controlled intersection before. I guess they're determining if they should add lights permanently. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - bpoland - 06-27-2017 I think the other end of Woolwich St is now closed for construction so everyone that lives back there by Kiwanis Park has to come out at the intersection with University. The lights are probably just temporary until that construction is complete. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - kps - 06-27-2017 (06-27-2017, 10:24 AM)bpoland Wrote: I think the other end of Woolwich St is now closed for construction so everyone that lives back there by Kiwanis Park has to come out at the intersection with University. The lights are probably just temporary until that construction is complete. Makes sense. I live in the adjacent ‘megablock’ and don't find that traffic levels warrant a light. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Markster - 06-27-2017 (06-27-2017, 10:24 AM)bpoland Wrote: I think the other end of Woolwich St is now closed for construction so everyone that lives back there by Kiwanis Park has to come out at the intersection with University. The lights are probably just temporary until that construction is complete. That explains it. Thanks! RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Pheidippides - 07-04-2017 I passed through the roundabout construction at Homer-Watson and Ottawa/Alpine over the weekend and was astounded at the rapid progress they have made. Sorry no pictures this time. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - danbrotherston - 07-04-2017 (07-04-2017, 08:45 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I passed through the roundabout construction at Homer-Watson and Ottawa/Alpine over the weekend and was astounded at the rapid progress they have made. Sorry no pictures this time. Perhaps they are not doing any underground utilities? Building a road takes very little time, it's utilities that take forever. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - KevinL - 07-05-2017 They definitely reworked the storm sewers (I pass by here regularly and have been watching progress closely), but that's expected when the road layout changes. I imagine the other utilities are in good enough shape that relocation/replacement was not necessary. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - GtwoK - 07-05-2017 IIRC, hydro and telecom lines were all moved in the months prior to construction, so those should be done by now, with only waterworks to re-do RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Bob_McBob - 07-11-2017 I'm guessing a few of you have already seen this dashcam video of Kitchener drivers in action at King and Victoria RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Canard - 07-11-2017 I drive a lot, and I've never seen anything like that. Yikes. I'd like it if you changed it from "Kitchener drivers in action" to "a couple of bad Kitchener drivers in action", though. We're not all like that, despite what certain people on this forum would lead you to believe! RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - jamincan - 07-11-2017 It wasn't just one person, though. I think the worst I've personally seen was a pickup that first went through one roundabout correctly, turning left, but proceeding counter-clockwise. He then proceeded to go through the next one the wrong way, once again turning left, but proceeding clockwise, for some reason. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - danbrotherston - 07-11-2017 (07-11-2017, 08:04 AM)jamincan Wrote: It wasn't just one person, though. Maybe he wanted to mix it up a bit....or maybe he was trying to see what if felt like to go each way, and figure out the right way from there. But honestly, I what I see walking to work every morning. Sure, most drivers aren't as bad as shown in the video, but the majority aren't great, and don't care. If I had a dollar for every cell phone I see in drivers' hands on the way to work, I could pay for my own chauffeur. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - MidTowner - 07-11-2017 I was standing at the bus stop this morning a little longer than usual because the bus was late, and watched motorist after motorist fail to stop before making a right turn. Some barely slowed down. I guess they figure, it's early in the morning, it's optional. Sunday afternoon, I got a bit annoyed when a motorist cut me off making a left turn in front of me (and I was pushing a stroller, so not exactly hard to see). Normally I watch closely for this 'cause I really don't want us to get hit, but the guy hadn't been signalling his turn. Eh, why would he? There wasn't any oncoming (vehicular) traffic. That video is really wild, though. I don't think I've seen anything like that. I can't really imagine how they could have done that. RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Markster - 07-11-2017 (07-11-2017, 08:04 AM)jamincan Wrote: It wasn't just one person, though. It was one driver who made a pretty big mistake, (getting confused as to where the lane continues on the far side of the intersection) and two drivers who made relatively minor ones (herd mentality). RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - MidTowner - 07-11-2017 "(getting confused as to where the lane continues on the far side of the intersection)" Was that the reason? I'm trying to think about how you could get confused about that there. At least, confused enough to cross the yellow line. |