A report mentioned enhancements are required to deal with security considerations reminiscent of visibility, rushing and turning actions at intersection simply north of Guelph
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A research commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has a really useful technique to enhance a typically harmful Freeway 6 intersection between Guelph and Fergus.
A transportation environmental research report for the Freeway 6 and Wellington Street 22/Eighth Line intersection recommends setting up a “modern roundabout” designed to accommodate each farm tools and tractor trailers together with revisions to the roads’ alignment, new median islands with curb and gutter, new illumination, rehabilitation of the Cox Creek culvert and different enhancements to security and visibility.
The report mentioned the intersection requires enhancements to “address the safety concerns and geometric deficiencies associated with the intersection operations. Specific issues identified include safety-related concerns such as visibility, speeding and turning movements.”
When evaluating totally different choices, the report mentioned the trendy roundabout was chosen as a result of it has the bottom everlasting atmosphere impacts, decrease property necessities, highest security enchancment, least advanced building staging and lowest building price.
The report mentioned this design would require six everlasting property acquisitions and three property entrances would require relocation.
A public commenting interval is now open till Feb. 21 and may be despatched by e mail to undertaking managers Steven Pilgrim ([email protected]) and Wendy Xu ([email protected]).
