Comment 88352

By ScreamingViking (registered) | Posted May 02, 2013 at 23:28:45 in reply to Comment 88351

I regularly drive the Aberdeen exit and I really do think a traffic circle at Longwood would go a long way to remind people they're now entering residential and be forced to slow down. It's just too easy to come off the ramp and keep doing 80 km/h.

It is too easy to keep going fast if that light isn't red. But will cars just speed up again after going through the roundabout? Those that have to stop/slow to make the turn onto Longwood seem to carry on doing 60-70 km/h today. It seems like Longwood is mainly an extension of the 403 ramps - people using it to get to/from Main St. and Westdale.

But my main concern is with respect to pedestrians. As MIP grows southward, and there is more pedestrian traffic crossing Longwood, will the planned roundabout make it more difficult to cross? (I recall from the diagrams it seemed like a more complex design, with additional turn lanes separated by medians). MIP may eventually grow south of Aberdeen, further expanding the pedestrian zone. Will they need to build bridges to get around the safety issue?

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