New Roundabout Design Presented To Public

Fairhope, Alabama 

 


Proposed CR 13 roundabout.

A public information meeting was held concerning the proposed new roundabout at the intersection of County road 13  and Twin Beech road in east Fairhope.

Construction is expected to begin in 2022; funding by ALDOT and the ESMPO.

Another roundabout on CR 13 at CR 32 could be constructed around the same time; funded entirely by the county.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Why is it the roundabouts in Fairhope and only Fairhope zig and zag, twist and bend the lanes entering the roundabout?
Publisher said…
That is usually due to right of way acquisition issues. Some is not available or too costly. This one was shifted to the east because of the home on the NW segment, we were told.
Anonymous said…
If you look at the proposal less space would be taken if the approach lanes were to be kept straight.
The same issues with right away existed in Daphne, the roundabouts were shifted as is Fairhope’s but the lanes kept straight.
Anonymous said…

"less space would be taken if the approach lanes were to be kept straight"

Um...no. The issue is not HOW MUCH space, but rather WHICH space.
Anonymous said…
we'll um yes, if you take the s curves out of the approaches than you lessen the need for land on all right sides of the 4 approaches, but where and how much land is not the issue, what is the purpose of the s curves which are not used elsewhere including Europe? Retired engineer asking for a friend.
Anonymous said…
With a large volume of traffic flowing through, these circles will only work if traffic enters them at a slower speed. Unfortunately, this is not happening and waits to enter the circle will be longer than if a traffic light was utilized. Our old friend speed humps would be the only option to slow traffic to allow even flow.
Anonymous said…
PS, I know the answer, I’d just like the design team to own up to it.
Anonymous said…
But yet they work just fine with large volumes of traffic everywhere else.
Anonymous said…
So, the only traffic engineers in the world that know how to design a traffic circle correctly are Fairhope’s?
Anonymous said…

"we'll um yes, if you take the s curves out of the approaches than you lessen the need for land on all right sides of the 4 approaches,"

Hmmm, must be new geometry. Must have been in chemical engineering.

Anonymous said…
It takes 13 gallons of oil to make 1 cubic foot of asphalt. Straitening the unnecessary curves would eliminate 182 cubic feet of asphalt thus saving 2366 gallons of oil. Thank you for recognizing the valuable contributions of Chemical Engineers!
Anonymous said…
how about some bridges and overpases instead?
Anonymous said…
'Thank you for recognizing the valuable contributions of Chemical Engineers!'

I didn't, not in this case anyway.

Mastic asphalt is 7-10% petroleum; the rest is aggregate.

13 gallons of oil, alone, would be greater than 1.7 cubic feet--before adding the rock (another 10+ times more material).

We are entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts.



Anonymous said…
Ah, but this is not a resurfacing project but new construction requiring an underlayment of asphalt as well as one or two top layers of asphalt, my math stands.
Anonymous said…
"Ah, but this is not a resurfacing project but new construction requiring an underlayment of asphalt as well as one or two top layers of asphalt, my math stands."

One last try...

You could pave all of North America 100 feet deep, and the formula would not change and your volume-denying physics would remain absurd.