Traffic calming at Kingston’s Waaban Crossing a work in progress, official says – Kingston | 24CA News
Kingstonians rejoiced when the Waaban Crossing lastly opened final 12 months, however now, common visitors snarls on the west aspect of the bridge are a supply of frustration.
Cars sat bumper to bumper on the west aspect intersection of the Waaban Crossing Wednesday afternoon.
While the arrival of the third crossing did alleviate a number of the visitors woes on the LaSalle Causeway, it appears the issue now lays on the foot of the brand new bridge.
That’s not a shock, in keeping with metropolis planners.
“Since that time, the city has been monitoring traffic patterns here, and we’re trying to assess when it becomes, kind of, normalization,” stated City of Kingston mission engineer Dan Franco.
This, says Franco, is a needed inconvenience that may assist them decide what changes have to be made.
“What we’re doing here, as well, is trying to make some tweaks and adjustments to the signal timings, to try and make the intersection operate a little more efficiently,” he added.
The present scenario for commuters within the Montreal Street space is congested to say the least.
Lines of visitors stretch from the bridge as far south as Rideau Street, and Sutherland Drive to the north round rush hour.
Advanced inexperienced lights appear to be inflicting some complications as nicely.
Complaints have been made that the sunshine timing isn’t lengthy sufficient for the way lengthy the visitors strains are, and Franco says that is additionally a piece in progress.
“What we’ve done is made some enhancements, such as adding some dedicated advanced green left turn tabs. Like anything, it’s an electronic device that’s plugged into a circuit board and sometimes we’ll have to go out and make some adjustments based on feedback we receive from the residents,” stated Franco.
And, like something, it’s going to take time, earlier than Kingston’s new, shiny piece of infrastructure works higher with all the things round it, and the wheels of enchancment are already in movement.
“The city is in fact carrying out the design of the Montreal – John Counter Boulevard intersection to enhance the operation of the intersection to also include features for active transportation and the Kingston Transit services here,” Franco stated.
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