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Late 80s Hokie

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Wouldn't engineering and design plan for a roundabouts size BEFORE building


it?

We have a roundabout under construction here in Victor, NY. The side street coming into the main street was awful if/when you wanted to make a left onto the main road. Instead of a signal, they decided to make it a roundabout, which is/was a fine decision.

So the site was being prepped for probably 6 or more weeks, getting all the work done that they can before actually closing the roads. Then they closed the roads, and it was only going to be 2 or 3 weeks once they got to that step.

Now a delay has been announced. "The New York State Department of Transportation is working to implement design modifications to the roundabout under construction at Route 96 and Lynaugh Road in Victor to ensure it can accommodate larger vehicles and meets all standards required."

The rumor around town is that they finished it, then tested it and realized that the turns were too tight for large trucks / 18 wheelers to actually navigate.

What? Is this the first roundabout in construction history that needed to accommodate vehicles of that size? How did they NOT know ahead of time that a roundabout has to have an X feet radius?

Posted: 09/07/2020 at 2:29PM


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