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Originally Posted by Don Benji
The previous intersection had a merge lane onto Crowchild when heading west on 24th Ave. They decided to widen the lanes on Crowchild Tr but removed the merge. The added wait times at the set of lights has increased congestion and idling. Strange plan.
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It was a pretty short merge lane starting from a near dead stop - or often from a dead stop considering it is a heavy pedestrian area (which is a recipe for disaster when you have motorists intent on getting up to speed.
Now it's a dual right on green only. In the before time it didn't take much straight and LH traffic to back things up to where you couldn't make it to the merge lane anyways.
I suspect this is a thing where it feels way more annoying than it actually is. Overall intersection function is marginally different (probably slightly better for some movements and slightly worse for others) while safety is significantly improved