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New roundabout among 2024 highlights for infrastructure services department · North Shore News

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  The new roundabout at County Road 6 and County Road 23 is nearly complete.
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  Lennox and Addington's Department of Infrastructure Services presented an activity report highlighting
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  the new roundabout among other projects and achievements.
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  The roundabout is currently open to the public with a few small items to be completed later
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  this year and in early 2025.
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  Staff noted temporary signs within the roundabout that indicate the direction of each exit.
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  Currently the text is smaller than regular road signs and the signs are slightly misaligned.
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  Director of Infrastructure Services Chris Wagger notes the issues and what staff are doing
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  to take care of them.
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  Those signs, if you notice, the text is even a little bit smaller than it is on most signs.
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  They're just temporary signs until the other ones could get ordered and put in place and
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  when they do that, they can angle them a little bit better because they were just put up quickly.
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  I think they might be a little misaligned but once the official ones come in, then we'll
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  make sure that they're properly aligned.
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  Wagger describes some of the parts they still need to complete.
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  There's a couple items such as the stamp concrete and flag poles that will be installed in 2025
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  but traffic is definitely moving a lot more steadily through there and it's just a beautiful
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  roundabout.
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  It's one of our best that we've done so far.
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  Counselor Jim Hagedorn shared his comments on the roundabout and the positive feedback
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  he's received from the public.
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  The construction, of course, no one likes to wait but the wait was worth it.
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  It's all been positive comments since it's been opened after being completed.
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  Ward and John Wise noted the difference from the old four-way stop.
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  It's a very smooth transition now.
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  You're not wondering who's going next like it was with the old four-way.
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  One of the most important projects and achievements this year for the department is the near completion
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  of the work on Main Street in Odessa.
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  Staff are also currently preparing their 2025 budget presentations and the design of upcoming
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  2025 capital projects.
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  For Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm Ted Evans.
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  This is North Shore News.