Mississauga Partly Open New Round About
At 2:02 pm, on August 22, 2011, the first car to use the Duke Of York Blvd Roundabout enter it.
The Sq One Dr extension will not open today as expected due to too much concrete still has to be pour for the sidewalks. It will open later this week.
City staff on hand to watch this opening as well a police officer to make sure rules of the road were follow. The officer had to stop a number of cars to explain the rules.
The opening went a lot smoother than expected, but an number of things did take place as expected.
GO Transit Staff had some issues with this Roundabout, but were safety issues related to the new Sheridan College. You better use those crosswalks, otherwise you will be ticket as Peel police will be out there enforcing the rules come September.
The yield signs for the crosswalks are too small. There needs to be more road markings as well a larger sign on Sq One property saying the left hand lane is for through or southbound turn only. A number of cars did the illegal lane change by turning right from that left lane and nearly hit another vehicle doing so. They were stop by the police. This is an accident waiting location as it stands.
Some drivers had no problem using this roundabout to the point they did not slow down. A fair number of vehicles including Mississauga Transit buses came to a full stop before doing the turn.
A northbound MT Artic bus on Route 26E #88X was the first bus to used it and on the video that fail to turn out for some reason.
There is to be a statute of a scholar in the centre of the Roundabout. Hum!!! A statute of Hazel dress up as a scholar.
Below are a few of the photos, but a number of videos.
First Car enter Roundabout
A view before the opening video
[video=youtube;d5uFeHcDuVY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uFeHcDuVY[/video]
[video=youtube;va4lPmUfzs4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va4lPmUfzs4[/video]
[video=youtube;a9UpxRf9OAk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UpxRf9OAk[/video]