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You Need a Thneed · 08-20-2014, 11:54 AM

I knew what was being talked about as soon as I read "traffic kidney." Awesome.

It's going to get more interesting now that the additional parking lot at the Genesis Centre has a driveway that aligns with the south intersection of the kidney, and the construction of the condos in the remaining vacant lot inside the kidney, and the construction of the new high school just SW - bringing a bunch more pedestrian traffic into the area.

I suspect that crosswalk lights will be required at Martindale Drive, and at Taravista Drive, and I believe that the new driveway at the south end will cause there to be a traffic light there.

I do agree about the traffic lights bunching traffic up, making it difficult to lane change across traffic to get into the driveways you need. In some cases, if you miss the driveway you want to get into, you have to drive all the way around the circle again, which is over a KM.

I do petition that "Saddletowne Circle" be renamed "Saddletowne Kidney" though. Its definitely not circle shaped.

08-20-2014, 11:54 AM	#1915
You Need a Thneed Voted for Kodos Join Date: Dec 2007 Exp:	I knew what was being talked about as soon as I read "traffic kidney." Awesome. It's going to get more interesting now that the additional parking lot at the Genesis Centre has a driveway that aligns with the south intersection of the kidney, and the construction of the condos in the remaining vacant lot inside the kidney, and the construction of the new high school just SW - bringing a bunch more pedestrian traffic into the area. I suspect that crosswalk lights will be required at Martindale Drive, and at Taravista Drive, and I believe that the new driveway at the south end will cause there to be a traffic light there. I do agree about the traffic lights bunching traffic up, making it difficult to lane change across traffic to get into the driveways you need. In some cases, if you miss the driveway you want to get into, you have to drive all the way around the circle again, which is over a KM. I do petition that "Saddletowne Circle" be renamed "Saddletowne Kidney" though. Its definitely not circle shaped. __________________ My LinkedIn Profile.