Stantec Consulting Ltd. has been retained by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to undertake the Planning, Preliminary Design, and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the upgrading of the Hanlon Expressway from 0.5 kilometres south of Maltby Road to the Speed River. The study area is in the City of Guelph, the Township of Puslinch, and Wellington County. To view a map of the study area, click here.
For complete information on the process check out www.hanlonimprovements.ca.
Comments to Stantec Consulting can be made to maya.caron@stantec.com.
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May 11, 2007 at 2:31 pm
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June 10, 2007 at 9:20 pm
i think roundabouts are the worst idea ever!! The may use them alot in the U.K. but are we in the U.K… I don’t think so. First of all, most of us don’t even know how to use them, and second off all it would probly slow traffic down.
DAN
June 13, 2007 at 11:24 am
I looked up “roundabouts” on wikipedia and it had a very informative article. The impression I get from it is that roundabouts use a lot less space than cloverleafs and that while they slow down traffic in many situations, they might be quite appropriate for the Hanlon. This is because the big problem with it is having to stop at lights. Roundabouts end the need to stop traffic. So what would happen would be the traffic would go slower between lights but would not be stopping at lights. The result might a quicker trip for drivers.
One thing it did say, though, is that roundabouts are quite dangerous for bicycles and pedestrians. This is no problem for the Hanlon, where they are banned anyway and pedestrian bridges can be built for both bikes and walkers; but it probably means that we shouldn’t put roundabouts anywhere else in the city.