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Originally Posted by zzptichka
What do you mean "now"? It's been like that for like 20 years, way before traffic calming was trendy.
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Negative.
I live in that neighborhood and have driven through that intersection almost daily for 20 years.
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Originally Posted by hwy418
This is how it usually goes for these projects:
Start --> resident(s) on Kirkwood bitches about speed on this arterial road --> whines to City --> do nothing / no enforcement for several years --> resident bitches to City Councillor --> Councillor jumps if election year (or after community assoc. bitches) --> Councillor bitches to City Staff --> Staff come-up with pre-arranged plan for traffic calming --> may or may not hire consultant --> stuff gets built --> Go to Start
Note that the plan is usually pre-arranged by the Councillor's office or at the staff level.
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It was put in under Shawn Little's watch, at the request of area resident(s), with the support of the WCA (Westboro Community Association). This was right at the time the Westboro Superstore (NW of that intersection) was being built.... apparently "traffic calming" of Kirkwood would solve the issue of cars "flooding into the neighborhood".
It's not just that corner... Kirkwood from Carling to Byron had many of those "curb protrusions" put in at the same time. There's also a couple of nasty speed bumps on Kirkwood for good measure.
I remember the day this went into operation 10(?) years ago... and thought "this is nuts... who comes up with this crap?"
hwy418 - Nice summary... that is exactly what happened.