06-10-2020, 09:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-10-2020, 09:15 AM by danbrotherston.)
(06-10-2020, 08:21 AM)clasher Wrote: I don't think West Ave. is a truck route, though there are hydro trucks that go down that stretch it still seems like another unnecessarily wide road. It would be a great place to set up photo-radar though.
There is a hydro facility there, but hydro trucks aren't exactly large trucks, they should be able to manage anything someone can fit their F-650 truck through.
That being said, the hydro trucks should leave from the north end of the street, but the "hydro trucks" was also the justification given for the crossing to the south (at the trail to Sobeys/Food Basics) being level, instead of raised.
I went by today to get some more pictures, they have added bollards.
You can see from this angle that the island is quite far out of the way of the desire line for the trail, I expect many people will not use it. It is a challenge because of the curve and the drive way, but this seems pretty far out of the way.
You can see the bollards here, but you can also see it is almost completely flat and very narrow.
They also reconstructed the roadway curbs so that was a substantial added cost, to further widen the road, and yet they did not widen it enough to build a proper sized island or to move the island to a better location.
Another angle.
The curbs....why why why can't they build flush curbs. They do in some places, but in most places they build this god forsaken 1 inch lip which pops tires and hurts my tushy, not to mention jostles my baby and flips my groceries. *sigh*...this isn't rocket science, how come we cannot get basic stuff right.