Comment 72970

By jason (registered) | Posted January 11, 2012 at 12:19:41 in reply to Comment 72966

I live near here and have studied these ramps too. You are correct. They can easily be changed by simply having them angle perpendicular to Main instead of roaring onto Main. Ditto for King. A stop light could be placed on King at the start of the 403 crossover with a left turn lane leading to a perpendicular ramp to the 403 West and a right turn leading to the 403 East. Like this interchange on the Red Hill:

http://g.co/maps/hhymz

Now, look at King Street at the 403:

http://g.co/maps/4cs6e

The 403 Eastbound ramp from King is actually lined up to meet King at a 90 degree angle, except some brilliant planner somewhere decided to give it a sharp curve to the south-east so that it turns King Street from about Locke Street into a defacto on-ramp. It could easily lose this curve and meet King dead-on.

Ditto for the King ramp to the 403 West and the 403 ramp to Main East. No major reconstruction needed....like virtually everything else we talk about here in the realm of livability, safety and revitalization, simply some will at city hall.

Comment edited by jason on 2012-01-11 12:23:06

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