After living in New England for numerous years, I became accustomed to traffic circles our 'roundabouts'. I didn't really see them as being better than traffic signals though.
But after living hear for many years and dealing with the intersection near Shopko of Valley mall Boulevard, Rudkin Road and the interstate on/off-ramps, the proposal of traffic circles seemed to have merit.
And wow, what a change! Traffic flows nicely! No more waiting FOREVER at the lights! Of all the road/highway projects I've witnessed recently, this one was worthy of our tax dollars.
(Now let me rant a little about another traffic circle! The one just outside of Selah on Selah Loop Road. We did not NEED a traffic circle there. Traffic used to flow real nice along Selah Loop Road, and from Selah Loop onto Gore road. The only problem was transitioning from Gore to Selah Road. What was the solution? Moving the section of Gore Road that connected to Selah Loop into the middle of the corner radius and putting up a new stop sign. The traffic circle slows down most of the traffic to only benefit Gore Road. Note too the original design of the traffic circle actually was bigger and more logically laid out. Had that one been built, it would be a lot better.)
What's that new construction project taking place on the east side of the Selah Loop Road roundabout? A church? Community center?
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay in responding. According to a friend who lives a few feet from the Selah traffic circle, the new building is a church, built by and for Jehovah's Witnesses. Apparently they do most of it in-house and work around the clock. It sure went up quick!
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