Osborne Bridge Update and Meeting

[Mark Cohoe]

Hi,

We've had a second meeting of the Osborne Bridge Neighbourhood Advisory Committee, here is the summary of that meeting.  I'd like to meet and discuss the opportunities and strategy at the Toad in the Hold 7pm on Monday October 19th. 

Highlights of Meeting #2

• Clarification on the minutes regarding the possibility for extra width on the bridge.  We’ve gone from “there will be no room for bike lanes” to “there is no room for bike lanes in the current configuration”.  We will have to wait and see if that will lead to any improvements being implemented.
• There is wide support for improvements to the cycling and pedestrian facilities on the bridge.
• Osborne Village secondary plan prevents any right of way expansion being used to create new motorized traffic lanes.
• There are strong community concerns about cut through traffic.

Mark

[Anders Swanson]

Mark,

Is there any explanation as to why there are currently 3 lanes southbound, but only 2 north bound?

I'm no traffic engineer, but it would seem to me that southbound lane must not really needed:

If there are always 50% more people traveling south in this location, wouldn't the northern half of Winnipeg be emptied out by now?     : )


Anders

[Mark Cohoe]

The third lane is really a stacking lane for traffic turning left onto Roslyn.  Apparently the original idea was to add a third Northbound lane to allow for left turns onto Mostyn, and that is why there is such a wide median.  The Roslyn intersection is within the bounds of the project, so I should ask for number on turning, etc.  It would be a hard sell to get rid of the turning lane.

Mark

[Mark Cohoe]

Whoops,

I wrote without thinking/looking. The third southbound lane is more
of a right turn onto Rosyln and River, and left turns onto Roslyn are
only allowed off peak. Makes the traffic count information more
valuable/interesting.

Mark

On Oct 16, 11:04 am, Mark Cohoe <mco...@mts.net> wrote:
> The third lane is really a stacking lane for traffic turning left onto Roslyn.  Apparently the original idea was to add a third Northbound lane to allow for left turns onto Mostyn, and that is why there is such a wide median.  The Roslyn intersection is within the bounds of the project, so I should ask for number on turning, etc.  It would be a hard sell to get rid of the turning lane.
> Mark

> At 10:49 AM 10/16/09, you wrote:Mark,Is there any explanation as to why there are currently 3 lanes southbound, but only 2 north bound?

> I'm no traffic engineer, but it would seem to me that southbound lane must not really needed:
> If there are always 50% more people traveling south in this location, wouldn't the northern half of Winnipeg be emptied out by now?     : )
> Anders

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Mark Cohoe <mco...@mts.net> wrote:Hi,We've had a second meeting of the Osborne Bridge Neighbourhood Advisory Committee, here is the summary of that meeting.  I'd like to meet and discuss the opportunities and strategy at the Toad in the Hold 7pm on Monday October 19th. Highlights of Meeting #2Clarification on the minutes regarding the possibility for extra width on the bridge.  We’ve gone from “there will be no room for bike lanes” to “there is no room for bike lanes in the current configuration”.  We will have to wait and see if that will lead to any improvements being implemented.There is wide support for improvements to the cycling and pedestrian facilities on the bridge.Osborne Village secondary plan prevents any right of way expansion being used to create new motorized traffic lanes.There are strong community concerns about cut through traffic.Mark