07-12-2022, 01:34 PM
(07-11-2022, 04:59 PM)bravado Wrote:(07-11-2022, 04:39 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: The choice to build four lanes is a policy choice from engineers who like building four lane roads.
I'm definitely not an engineer or involved in this at all but I am curious about this:
Do engineers just design things with outdated doctrine and pass that on to politicians?
or:
Do politicians make lazy demands for wide roads that engineers just go along with, and leave the costs to future politicians/generations?
If it is option 2, what's the point of having professionals that we are supposed to respect for their expertise? A politician might personally like a wasteful left-turn lane (or whatever), but I expect professionals to explain why it is a bad idea and for that to be adopted over the whims of a councillor.
Speaking of option 2, sometimes a municipal council says they want the thing that's not good enough, the engineer doesn't push back, and then the engineer gets a disciplinary hearing and charges.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche...-1.6450110