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By myrcurial (registered) - website | Posted April 07, 2014 at 12:13:52

A bigger question that I haven't seen asked is the "why the variability in our roads?"

-- 1930s era 2-lane residential streets near Kenilworth & Main are 50km/h, 4-lane Kenilworth south of Main is 40km/h.

-- new residential suburbs on the south mountain have 'complete streets' - wide boulevards, bike lanes (painted, not protected), wide lanes, paint that lasts more than a month and 40' pitch houses. Any time the lower city wants complete streets, suburban councillors vote down. (Don't get me started on downtown Ancaster)

-- the city purchases vehicles (buses, large service trucks) that are nearly the same width as the lanes on Main - doesn't see the irony/danger of the #10 passing the #1 by using two lanes of the 5.

I'm just so tired of the insanity.

And the "we're Hamilton, we don't deserve better" that is the constant refrain of the Hamiltonian native - usually in response to someone who moved to Hamilton because they saw the potential that native Hamiltonians refuse to see and actively work to undermine.

Sigh.

(edited to fix up spacing issues)

Comment edited by myrcurial on 2014-04-07 12:14:34

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