Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 497
Yes, lets talk about safety
5/15/2017 at 7:52 PM
The 110 bypass is a dangerous goods route for trucks so that they can bypass Brandon.
So, when it was built, why wasn't it 4 lane between Veteran's Way and the TCH and not 3 lane?
The merge spot onto the TCH eastbound is dangerous. It isn't a lane because it is too short to be a lane. Trucks have no hope what so ever of getting any speed up before they have to get into the slow lane of traffic.
At least eastbound have a merge spot. Westbound doesn't even have that. Why does Carberry have adequate merge lanes, but Brandon doesn't for a designated truck route?
Winnipeg has many routes that have a 60 km/h speed limit. A few are Portage, Pembina, Ness. They all have businesses on them with parking lots that people have to turn in to. They manage with the higher speed limit. Why can't Brandon?
"Oh, but I'm just an armchair engineer and I know nothing about what is and is not safe, let alone question the people that do make these decisions."