Roundabout Included In Wedington Plan
Council To Consider Corridor Concept Tuesday
Posted: March 3, 2013 at 2:58 a.m.
The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will decide if a traffic roundabout will be built on Wedington Drive just west of Interstate 540.
Meeting Information
Fayetteville City Council
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday
Where: City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St.
On the Agenda:
• Adopting the Wedington Corridor Neighborhood Master Plan.
• A design contract with McClelland Consulting Engineers for work on the Lafayette and Maple Street bridges.
• A proposal to pay city planning commissioners.
• Pay increases for city employees.
• A proposal to use the majority of proceeds from the sale of the former Tyson Mexican Original factory to improve the rest of the city-owned property and adjacent neighborhoods.
Interstate 540 Interchanges
Improvements to nine Interstate 540 interchanges in Washington and Benton counties are planned using $100 million of a $575 million bond issue voters approved in November 2011. The interchanges are:
• Exit 62: Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Fayetteville
• Exit 64: Wedington Drive in Fayetteville
• Exit 69: Greathouse Springs Road in Johnson
• Exit 73: Elm Springs Road in Springdale
• Exit 76: Wagon Wheel Road in Springdale
• Exit 78: Monroe Avenue in Lowell
• Exit 85: Walnut Street in Rogers, Walton Boulevard in Bentonville
• Exit 86: Southeast 14th Street in Bentonville, Hudson Road in Rogers
• Exit 88: East Central Avenue in Bentonville.
Source: Staff Report, Arkansas Highway And Transportation Department
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There is a reason New Jersey is spending millions of dollars every year to remove existing traffic circles-they are a bad idea. People that have not had to live with them seem to develop some romantic notion over utility and appearence. They become eyesores, traffic jams, and accidents waiting to haapen over time.
Posted by: jandkmeason06122046
March 3, 2013 at 8:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
They are very useful and safe. I Googled NJ roundabouts and as i suspected your claim has no merit.
Posted by: Tman47
March 3, 2013 at 9:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Hmmm, interesting. I guess all those years I lived in Jersey and all the articles in the local paper counting down the traffic circles, and all the ones I saw demolished at a pretty high cost were my imagination. And I guess all of my coworkers and friends had no idea what they were talking about. Get out of your Mom's basement. And by the way, just becasue its on the internet doesn't mean its true. I've had my chuckle for the day.
Posted by: jandkmeason06122046
March 3, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
New Jersey call them "traffic circles." Try Googling that and you will find out that NJ only has 24 left after they found out how dangerous they are.
Posted by: Moneymyst
March 3, 2013 at 7:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
A 3 lane roundabout sounds like a bad idea. People are having difficulty navigating the 1 lane roundabout by the hospital. Adding 2 more lanes will make navigating the road almost suicidal. The real problem with the area is the access roads are too close to the interstate and the interchanges are poorly designed. That being said, this project will be completed well before the Don Tyson interchange.
Posted by: jlonber
March 4, 2013 at 8:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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