[covna] Davis-Leo Roundabout Followup

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Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:27:37 -0600

FYI

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Bray 
  To: Haba, Darryl 
  Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 18:42
  Subject: Davis-Leo Roundabout Followup

  Mr. Haba,
  Attached are pictures of the current states of the new Roundabout at Davis 
and Leo showing problems starting to exist.

  The misalignment of the roundabout with Davis to the East:

  1) Heading West on Davis where the dogleg starts to connect the original 
Davis with the roundabout, the curb starts, offset nearly 2 feet to the right 
of pavement.  Drivers see the curb and drive off the pavement, causing a 
significant "pothole" / dirt hole to form, see attachment 
"RoundaboutEastEntrancePotHole.JPG."

  2) At night cars exiting the roundabout to the East and cars coming West 
toward the roundabout from the East appear to be on a collision course with 
headlights blinding each other.  At the last minute vehicles heading West 
swerve right onto the dogleg to avoid a head-on.

  The misalignment of the roundabout with Leo to the North:

  For vehicles heading North out of the roundabout, a linear "pothole" at the 
right edge of the pavement is starting to form after the end of the roundabouts 
curb, see attachment "RoundaboutNorthExit.JPG."  Maybe vehicles exit the 
roundabout heading North go off the pavement because a little further North Leo 
becomes significantly wider to the right (East) side where the curb starts up 
again.  If this rut gets any deeper, this could cause a driver to loose control 
of their vehicle when they try to come back on the pavement.  If a vehicle 
happens to be coming towards him in the other direction, a collision could then 
occur.

  This situation actually happened elsewhere to a friend of mine when his 
inexperienced son lost control coming back on the pavement and swerved in front 
of a car coming toward him.  The car was "T boned" where my friend was sitting. 
 He suffered a crushed hip as well as a permanent brain injury.  Had the 
shoulder of the road been even with the pavement it wouldn't have happened.

  Tom Bray
  Castlewood Estates

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Attachment: RoundaboutEastEntranceLowRes.jpg
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[covna] Davis-Leo Roundabout Followup

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