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The Hanlon Parkway has been nominated as one of the worst roads in Ontario. 30 November 2003 The Hanlon runs right through the middle of our fair Township, so everyone is familiar with it. Our section of the highway is fine. It's when you get to all the traffic lights in Geulph that things really slow down. There was an article in yesterday's Mercury in which the comment was made that, "...little can be done about traffic lights , except to construct 'fly-overs' like the one built at the Hanlon and Wellington Street." This is not true! Thirty years ago I lived in Montreal. At that time, you could drive on a major city street, such as Sherbrooke Street, and go from one side of the city to the other, without ever getting a red light--as long as you drove at the posted speed of 50 kph. All the traffic lights were sycronized! It has always baffled me that a huge cosmopolitan city, not noted for it's forward thinking in terms of its roads and highways, could have their lights sycronized so long a ago, and yet Guelph has not. This would not eliminate the problem of high volume, but it would be step in the right direction. And, it would help to reduce speeding. Also, while we are on the topic of the Hanlon, it has always seemed to me that it was built on the wrong side of Guelph. Wouldn't a highway heading south-east from the city and linking up with the 401 around the Guelph Line interchange make more sense. Pretty much in a straight line towards the sprawling urban mass that is Toronto. Then Highway 24 could have been developed or replaced as the western link to the 401 and Cambridge. And, Highway 7 still needs to be developed or replaced as the link to K/W. Here is a link to the web site featuring the worst roads in Ontario. |