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ROUNDABOUTS: How to make them

| March 5, 2021 1:00 AM

Please, not another roundabout!

You do not understand how to build them properly — they are an obstacle course dangerous at any speed and especially in the snow and ice.

I understand you looked to Washington state for a model — mistake. New Jersey knows how to build them, so they are safe and easily navigated.

First, you need much more real estate for a much larger circumference.

Second, you do not add s-curves before the circle to create navigation issues with any vehicle.

Third, circles should be two lanes in width and have wide approach and exit junctures.

Unless you re-engineer the circles (roundabouts), you have a dangerous traffic obstacle that is hard to transit at any speed.

Do not continue to build traffic obstacles!

BRUCE WING

Coeur d’Alene