Mayor Jim Watson,
After trying to cross the road at
the intersection of St. Joseph Blvd. and Jeanne D’Arc Blvd. in Orleans last
evening with our granddaughter ( South East corner near Dairy Queen to the
North East side near Cora’s ) I have come to the conclusion that our city
doesn’t give a hoot about pedestrians anymore. I have never seen such insanity
in my life, as car after car, at breakneck speed whizzed through without any
regard whatsoever to anyone trying to cross the road at that point.
I found this on the city of Ottawa
website http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/transportation-and-parking/traffic/how-use-roundabout#pedestrians and this is an outright lie that “Roundabouts are often safer for pedestrians than
intersections that use traffic signals. At a roundabout, a pedestrian only has
to cross two sections of one-way traffic, which is moving at slow
speeds.” Well, the traffic last night was moving extremely fast;
there was nothing slow about it.
When there seemed to be a break and I thought it was safe to cross, in a split
second a car whizzed by from Jeanne D’Arc and pulled onto Saint Joseph Blvd
going east right in front of me. The city’s website suggests waiting for a break
in the traffic to cross. Well, there was no way one could even begin to cross
even if you didn’t see any approaching vehicles because in no time at all a
vehicle would come out of nowhere, from different directions, even if there
seemed to be a break.
Just when I had given up and was
ready to walk down to the traffic lights, which were quite a distance away, a
couple of cars stopped and my granddaughter and I were able to cross. I
certainly will never attempt to cross at that intersection again though. The
city has seen to that.
What I experienced last night was
a real eye opener to me about how we really feel in Ottawa
about many of our citizens.
This traffic circle in Orleans is
very, very dangerous to pedestrians and a disgrace. It’s only a matter of
time before someone is killed at that intersection
Could you please explain to me why
this is happening; the trend lately to disregard pedestrians.
Thank you
Maureen Ward,
Ottawa
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