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[Bingo]

 

Are there any merge lanes in the Victoria area with a median barrier? Not even sure what that would look like

 

 

Does the merge lane onto the Pat Bay Highway heading north from McKenzie qualify?

[HB]

McKenzie is even worse . Less of the merge lane is protected from traffic on both side than the Leigh rd one. Leigh rd has a very wide buffer of grass until you actually get into the flow of traffic on the highway

The traffic on the highway also has plenty of time to see cars coming down that ramp to merge and to prepare to let them in.

[Bingo]

McKenzie is even worse . Less of the merge lane is protected from traffic on both side than the Leigh rd one. Leigh rd has a very wide buffer of grass until you actually get into the flow of traffic on the highway

The traffic on the highway also has plenty of time to see cars coming down that ramp to merge and to prepare to let them in.

 

The big difference is that the Pat Bay is a divided highway at that location, whereas the TC at the Leigh Road merge lane is not.

Edited by Bingo, 21 February 2016 - 10:28 AM.

[HB]

well according to the media it had nothing to do with the merge lane not having a barrier right to the very end.

 

It was a head on collision on the highway

[HB]

Anytime we head south from Goldstream park we always stay in the far right lane coming up that hill on the bend towards leigh interchange. Anyone straddling the centre line is only asking for a problem

[Bingo]

That corner heading east can be hair-raising with no median barrier.

If there is a problem at the Leigh Road merge lane heading west, those vehicles could get pushed over the centre line into the east going traffic.

 

 

Confirmed by this?

 

It was a head on collision on the highway

[malahatdrive]

My point about the merge and the barrier is that there is no centre line median barrier dividing north and south bound traffic where the merge is. Should something go wrong at the merge, northbound traffic can get bumped head-on into southbound traffic. The interchange design is not standard. The eastern portion is 4 lanes and divided and the western portion is 3 lanes undivided.

 

I would hope that the upcoming reconfiguration of TCH / West Shore Parkway (adding dual left turn lanes from TCH northbound to W Shore Parkway) would also include adding a 2nd northbound passing lane plus centre line median barrier between Leigh Rd and Ice Cream Mountain.

[lanforod]

Center line barriers should be standard on any highway with over 80 km/h speeds.

[Bingo]

That corner heading east can be hair-raising with no median barrier.

If there is a problem at the Leigh Road merge lane heading west, those vehicles could get pushed over the centre line into the east going traffic.

And these are the folks that we are trusting to get the McKenzie Interchange right?

 

 

 

The province has announced it has started planning work to four-lane and divide the Trans-Canada Highway from the Leigh Road Interchange to Goldstream Park.

 

A timeline and a cost estimate haven't been finalized, but the Ministry of Transportation projects the design work will be finished in 2017.

 

Transportation Minister Todd Stone says this initiative and completion of the Leigh Road Interchange project are improving safety for everyone who travels along the corridor.

http://www.cfax1070....ne-and-divide-p
 

[amor de cosmos]

The ministry is undertaking planning work to four-lane and add median barriers to approximately two kilometres of Highway 1 from the Leigh Road interchange to the Goldstream Park boundary, which is located about 500 metres north of the West Shore Parkway intersection. Design work for this future project is anticipated to be complete in 2017. The ministry will develop a timeline for construction and finalize a cost estimate as part of the planning process.

https://news.gov.bc....TRAN0044-000357

[Bingo]

Really!

You mean it took a head on collision before they realised it would be prudent to install median barriers?

[jonny]

There has been more than one, Bingo.

[malahatdrive]

I am pleased to hear of this announcement. The undivided section between Leigh Rd and Goldstream was more than an accident waiting to happen. Makes sense too to have this done before the new West Shore Parkway extension to Highway 14 opens. Wish that TCH and West Shore Parkway would be an interchange rather than an intersection.

[HB]

I was able to film the entire portion of the Bear Mtn Parkway from Leigh Rd Interchange to Bear Mtn resort last night

I did one about a year ago but it was only a portion of it.

this time the right of was has been cleared a little more and the survey markers are in place.

 

http://youtu.be/Vj-xbcMO44A

[Mike K.]

That's going to be rough on the golf carts.

[HB]

Once this road is complete there will be subdivisions and homes all the way along that road as well as side streets in place.

[LJ]

^^^Would have been better going the other way so the sun was behind you instead of in front of you, made it hard to see in places.

But thanks for that anyway, can't wait for this to get done.

[HB]

the sun was only in the lens for under 30 seconds out of the 11minute clip but I may do it in reverse sometime soon

[VicHockeyFan]

the sun was only in the lens for under 30 seconds out of the 11minute clip but I may do it in reverse sometime soon

 

Not good enough, re do this!

 

j/k.  That's neat HB.

[HB]

Here is a better version of Bear Mtn Parkway up from Leigh Rd

The critics from the previous video wanted less sun in the lens

 

 

The drive too 9 minutes video is sped up. when the road is done it will probably be a 5 minute drive.

they are working at the Leigh Rd end now falling trees

http://youtu.be/cQj6HSD7HbM