10-01-2018, 05:53 PM
(10-01-2018, 07:27 AM)Canard Wrote: I’d also like to know why all the lights around Victoria/Edna/Frederick/Bruce were not optimized for construction.
Par examplé, there is no need to stop when heading EB on Victoria and turning onto Edna; you should just be able to turn to right. But that’s light spends 3 times longer red than it does green.
The most absurd though is the (former) off-ramp from 85SB to Edna; the closed exit ramp gets a green still!! So so so stupid and inefficient.
They are not ideal, but believe me they were a lot worse the first few months of construction. They also moved the left turn lane (Frederick to Bruce) back a few times for the tractor trailers to clear that intersection. It used to get blocked for a couple cycles of lights since nobody could move. The wooden telephone pole on that corner is gradually turning into toothpicks.
EB on Victoria and turning right onto Edna, don't forget the truck traffic that needs to exit onto Edna from Weston's parking lot. At least the former Petro Canada site at that intersection is somewhat 'done', traffic would get stopped by crews regularly for the tractor trailer dirt haulers to BACK onto that site to take dirt away and bring in clean fill.
The off ramp light sequencing 85SB to Edna I believe is still needed to give a break in traffic for the other intersections. This whole area has been a Zoo for the last 8 months or so.