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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 4 Dec 2013, p. 6

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"I'm so \ ,- V ' ' cle speeds and excess noise mining from the overwhelmed by the consideration in this ‘~~ ' road and into their backyards design, there‘s four lanes where they're need- _ l l The justification for widening the east ed (and) two lanes to drive traffic down ‘ portion of the road to four lanes and main» noise." tain the current twoâ€"lane configuration on “This is a wonderful solution that takes us the west side was to try and achieve a bal- in the direction we need to go to, and ifwe ‘ ‘ \/ ante between noise concerns and traffic need to fine tune it along the way. we'll get l ‘ ‘ A ‘ “ ‘ , This is a map of the proposed changes to Columbia Street from Erbsville to Fischer-Hallman road ‘ . Wmm- /\‘ savemenergy ‘ there.” added ward councillor Karen Scian. instead of four the city will see a reduction in l â€"~â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_ Six delegations spoke about the design. capital, maintenance and operating costs } a. .. and while some praised staff for their openâ€" l‘he narrower road will also ensure speeds do 1 ' H ‘ peaksaver PLUS ness and transparency during the process, not increase. as they typically do on fr)ur»|am- others questioned elements of the redesign. roads. Some wanted the roundabout taken out, The speed limit in the area is 60 kilomt- while others wanted the entire road widened tres per hour, but traffic studies show \‘Phlr A to fourlanes. cles typically move between 70 and TS kmh “l have concerns about the four and two- in that area lane plan. My concern is that 90 per cent of Each 10 km/h reduction in speed redutt-x the traffic that starts along Columbia West at noise by about two decibels. 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