To those with disparaging remarks , you obviously don’t live in this area because if you did , I believe you’d understand our concerns . You would know about the day to day maneuvering that’s required to enter/exit our subdivisions especially Ridgeview. We’ve had to install chicanes on our main road because of speedsters clocked over 60 mph ….. we had the skid marks to show it ( a little history for context).
Drivers barrel up & down Martin Way East from the freeway often in excess of 50 mph. Traffic on Steilacoom has increased exponentially in the past 5 years. Growth in Lacey this past year has exceeded 14,000. During the summer months when traffic doubles , so do the accidents that happen near various choke points ( Martin/ Marvin, Nisqually, Center & near the Dupont/ Ft. Lewis locations. ) & when this occurs there’s the bumper to bumper overflow of traffic that locks us in on both sides not to mention all the roads affected by this proposed roundabout.
I am not opposed to roundabouts in general when they are in good locations & not situated on top of the hill . This location is not a good one!
Frankly, not only is it a safety issue but also a quality of life issue for all of us that have to deal with the increasing inadequacies of the city’s poor infrastructure planning.
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