General Road and Highway Discussion

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I emailed the city about the Belmont reconstruction:

It will be reconstructed almost with the same configuration as before with added concrete curb and gutter. A new left turn lane will be added on Belmont at the intersection of Victoria by eliminating the previous dedicated right turn lane. There will be no bike lane added. A refuge island will be provided for the trail crossing near the creek.

Thank you. Sounds like it will be a dramatic improvement for the trail, but the fact that they rebuilt with literally the same cross-section without consideration of alternatives means that the City of Kitchener does not have any complete streets policies. This road has no justification for a 4 lane cross-section and yet they stuck with that instead of adding cycling infrastructure or making it otherwise safer.