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Old Posted Oct 3, 2014, 6:09 PM
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Without getting into a 402/freeway rant, the city should have seriously considered making Highbury a freeway further north, instead of widening VMP a decade ago. Highbury already is a freeway essentially to the Thames, and instead of plowing $100+ million into VMP on new bridges, rail overpasses and grading, and widening, they could have used it on on Highbury, made it 6 lanes to at least Oxford, then have it before a depressed freeeway. VMP isn't planned to be a freeway until 2062! but I digress..

Highbury does have the currently capability to be 6 lanes from 401 to the Thames River, the overpasses were designed with the intention that 402 would need to be widened at some point. The next 401/Highbury interchange will be capable of having 6 lanes on it. The Thames bridge is a big obstacle, its only 4 lanes and with London wanting to commit money on essential municipal functions like PAC, they're likely not going to spring on widening the bridge.

For improvements double left turn lanes I would assume are top on the list. Potentially making the intersection a 3 or 4 light cycle (EB, WB, NB, SB) so that there's less likelihood of accidents. Restricting left turns past Hamiltion on Highbury NB is a good idea. Hopefully none of the local yokels don't complain though, piss and moan about having to make proper turns.
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