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I live on Southwood Dr. and have 2 frustrations... first, since they've open our street up to Central Ave, the traffic is ridiculous. Several times a day our residential street turns into a freeway. Before and after school Carlton traffic (and a lot of these kids drive very recklessly, passing, speeding, etc.), before and after Bingo, before and after Raider games, not to mention regular traffic. People have realized that there's no stop signs between 6th Ave. E and Central, and so our street is now the choice of many who want to avoid school zones, lights, etc. It's dangerous, and there's many families with small children. I'm afraid it's just a matter of time before someone is hurt or killed.
Secondly, trying to turn left off of Southwood onto 6th Avenue is nearly impossible. First thing in the morning when there are people coming in from the highway, people are on their way to Carlton, you can sit at that light so long that it's actually quicker to turn right and go the long way around, or to make another detour somewhere along the way. We NEED lights at that intercetion, and stop signs and speed limit signs all along Southwood!
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Guest (ضيف)
I live in that area as well. The left turn at 6th Ave off southwood is crazy. I contacted the city last summer and they indicated this corner is not busy enough for lights. I really think that should be looked at again. I love that its open up to central but your right some people drive like crazy. Prince Albert has a 40 km speed limit in residental areas. No one follows this but it is posted at 40km / hour. City Hall take note just go to southwood at a busy time and try to turn north onto 6th ave east. traffic count would need to be done on 6th as well at southwood to get a real indication of the huge traffic flow.
The other thing that drives me up the wall is people signaling to turn right before southwood drive going straight through that corner and turning into bingo. So you can not even go if you see a signal because half the people do not turn at the intersection.
D. Vog (ضيف)
george marchildon (ضيف)
i have the same issue. also the park alone southwood.
no park sighs or fence. very soon a child may be hurt .
the swings ect my be 20 feet from road. 3.30 in the spring
do not let your kids play there .high school is out
Mr.Hermiteowitch (ضيف)
Vlasic (مستخدم مسجل)
guest 1234 (ضيف)
johnny (ضيف)
Sickofthetraffic (ضيف)
At night you can hear people racing up and down the street. Never a cop around, and just try calling them, hours later when nothing is happening they show, that's useful!
Something needs to be done about this problem before a child gets hurt or worse killed.
barry (ضيف)
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PA Raised (ضيف)
Why put stop signs on a road where there is no need to stop? And there ARE speed limit signs...I'm surprised if you live there you haven't seen them.
Actually, what we need is for 28th Street to become double-lane because driving on that road is ridiculous and very scary in the winter. If you end up having to drive behind somebody going 30 km/h (and that's not an unusual thing), it gets very annoying and it's really slow going. The twisty part between 4th and 2nd Ave E is ALWAYS slippery in the winter, we have to put up with kids and teenagers running across the road, idiots signaling that they plan on turning 3 blocks before they actually turn, and pretty much anything else you can think of that makes that drive infuriating. I avoid that street altogether if I can, and usually take Southwood just to avoid that
My Way (ضيف)
It sounds like you may be one of the drivers thats is using Southwood as an expressway.
Slow down..that life you save may be mine!!
Snowman (ضيف)
Pa Raised (ضيف)
Oh boy.
My Way: Don't make assumptions. My point was that this city needs to widen 28th to allow for the influx of traffic that happens on that street.
I'm talking about ppl doing 20-30 km down 28th on weekends, or any other time when there ISN'T school. Even so, the worst time to drive on that road is between 5 & 6...school zone limits end at 5:00, so whether there's a posted limit (which I don't recall actually seeing) or not, the limit is up at 5:00.
I don't know...maybe everyone likes driving really slowly in a lineup of 20-30 cars for 8 blocks, putting on their brakes every 5 minutes because everyone in front of you is doing it, and constantly checking your rearview to make sure the person driving super close to the back of you doesn't rear end your car, should you have to make a sudden stop because the person leading the way made a spur of the moment decision to stop at Harold's on the way home. And maybe you enjoy being behind a car that stops to let children cross the street, and cringe to see an impatient driver behind everyone pull out and drive past everyone through the intersection, hoping that that person either sees the kids and stops, or they get out of the way in time. And I bet you really enjoy something I saw this summer: big truck, tired of driving about 20 km/h down 28th (my foot never really touched the gas pedal), drives up onto the curb and passes everyone that way (about 5 cars), through the intersection right by Harold's, where children were standing on the curb to cross the street, then guns it the minute they get to the front, prob doing about 70. Maybe everyone prefers it that way, but I certainly don't.
And yes...I literally said I use Southwood to avoid 28th. At least you got that right, everything else: assumption. I drive on Southwood at 40 km/h...according to the posted speed signs...and curse the people who are tailgate me because they want to go faster. If I see children present anywhere on the street, I slow down and keep watch for them. I only take this road if I'm heading towards the southern area of WH, otherwise it's a roundabout route down 24th, or straight along 22nd. I admit, they need some sort of traffic control at 6th...but this city really needs to start adapting to the growing number of cars on the roads, especially a thoroughfare like 28th St, then perhaps those of us who are sick of being part of an elephant chain of cars won't feel the urge to find a less congested route.
guest (ضيف)
Buzz (ضيف)