We are a group of concerned residents who have organized ourselves into the R3C3 and we are working with the City and Provincial staff and elected officials to find a way to keep Rocky Ridge Road open.
Okay let's talk safety... put in proper cross walks and regulate the speed levels. It would be much more effective & much less expensive.
Every snowy, foggy or icy winter day that my children are on the school bus driving down Rocky Ridge Road I wish that the city would expedite the closure and ensure that a safer intersection/route is developed.
The proposed closure and design makes sense!!! Let's not delay it any further.
If we are worried about traffic through our residential streets let's focus our efforts, petitions and dollars on completing Country Hills Blvd.
I agree Cindy! Safety is important and extending Country Hills Blvd is important too (whether RRR is open or closed).
However, I don't agree that the current plan makes sense.
I don't believe the current plan addresses potential failings like an incomplete Country Hills Blvd or proper traffic calming.
If Country Hills Blvd does not connect through to 12 Mile coulee BEFORE RRR closes, I think it will be very unsafe indeed.
The City and Province should continue to search for alternatives and safety should be their number one consideration.
Even if they decide that the safest option is for RRR to close, i want to make sure that the impact, and all other options, have been fully explored first!
My comment is turned towards the intersection of 12 Mile C. Road and Crowchild Tr. at the west side of Rocky Ridge (also shared by Tuscany) which is directly affected by a closure of Rocky Ridge Road.
When Country Hills does connect to 12 Mile C. Road, and Rocky Ridge Road closes, the intersection fo 12 Mile C. to Crowchild / Highway 1A is going to become very quickly overloaded.
A solution: Valley Ridge for example was provided an underpass to Highway 1, which works very well as an analog to this situation in Rocky Ridge.
The problem is that the City just spent a year upgrading this intersection with what appears to be no plans to construct any type of under or overpass to eliminate this light and make it safe to enter onto Crowchild. Perhaps this merits a second look.
Should Rocky Ridge close, this intersection is going to need atttention much sooner than the City might have expected, as it is not currently built to take this future traffic load at all. There will be traffic backed all the way up 12 Mile C. Road to the Country Hill corner without question frequently without action.
Okay let's talk safety... put in proper cross walks and regulate the speed levels. It would be much more effective & much less expensive.
ReplyDeleteEvery snowy, foggy or icy winter day that my children are on the school bus driving down Rocky Ridge Road I wish that the city would expedite the closure and ensure that a safer intersection/route is developed.
The proposed closure and design makes sense!!! Let's not delay it any further.
If we are worried about traffic through our residential streets let's focus our efforts, petitions and dollars on completing Country Hills Blvd.
Cindy
I agree Cindy! Safety is important and extending Country Hills Blvd is important too (whether RRR is open or closed).
ReplyDeleteHowever, I don't agree that the current plan makes sense.
I don't believe the current plan addresses potential failings like an incomplete Country Hills Blvd or proper traffic calming.
If Country Hills Blvd does not connect through to 12 Mile coulee BEFORE RRR closes, I think it will be very unsafe indeed.
The City and Province should continue to search for alternatives and safety should be their number one consideration.
Even if they decide that the safest option is for RRR to close, i want to make sure that the impact, and all other options, have been fully explored first!
-MJ
My comment is turned towards the intersection of 12 Mile C. Road and Crowchild Tr. at the west side of Rocky Ridge (also shared by Tuscany) which is directly affected by a closure of Rocky Ridge Road.
ReplyDeleteWhen Country Hills does connect to 12 Mile C. Road, and Rocky Ridge Road closes, the intersection fo 12 Mile C. to Crowchild / Highway 1A is going to become very quickly overloaded.
A solution: Valley Ridge for example was provided an underpass to Highway 1, which works very well as an analog to this situation in Rocky Ridge.
The problem is that the City just spent a year upgrading this intersection with what appears to be no plans to construct any type of under or overpass to eliminate this light and make it safe to enter onto Crowchild. Perhaps this merits a second look.
Should Rocky Ridge close, this intersection is going to need atttention much sooner than the City might have expected, as it is not currently built to take this future traffic load at all. There will be traffic backed all the way up 12 Mile C. Road to the Country Hill corner without question frequently without action.