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Originally Posted by Dominicwasalreadytaken
How much usable land does it take up compared to an average intersection? Honest question, I don't know. Could you fit four houses? 2? 1? Keep in mind the fact that the road's Right Of Way is significantly larger than the actual road itself. Would the traffic circle really take up much sellable land?
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Well, using your example of including the right of way, with the traffic circle being bigger that also makes the RoW bigger too.
I'm not saying it's a whole lot bigger, but the arguement that it is cheaper because of no traffic lights in moot, because although it has fewer lights it does take more land.
And once again I'm talking about a traffic circle like the one in McKenzie Towne where there would be lights if it was a regular intersection; and not the Mount Royal types which are different animals all together.