The previous layout of Rt 376 had two lanes approaching the Raymond Avenue intersection from the south (from the right in this rotated & ruthlessly contrast-blown Google Maps screenshot):
The right lane is marked Only ↱ for the Raymond intersection, starting just past the Vassar Security Office entrance in the top middle of the screenshot.
Given this preliminary striping with faded Only ↱ markings, one might assume a similar lane layout is in effect for the new traffic circle at the intersection:
The lighting poles may seem snugly placed, but not too much out of the ordinary:
Some drivers seem concerned at this point:
With any luck, they can swerve back into what is the only lane going all the way to the circle, because the right lane is dedicated to Vassar Security Office traffic:
If you happen to be walking southbound, toward the traffic, in the middle of the shoulder beyond the turn lane, you will look that driver directly in the eye, as happened to me while walking back from Mary’s garden.
As I mentioned last week, my money says that first lamp post, the one with the barrel guarding it, won’t survive the year.
Given the utter lack of pedestrian facilities (f.k.a. “sidewalks”) south of the circle, I can only hope the road furniture will absorb all the damage / fatalities.
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