Oh, for heaven's sake!
Who thinks of these idiotic, ludicrous ideas?
A roundabout for one hour a day congestion?
Can that even be called congestion?
The District of Coldstream wants to install a roundabout at Kalamalka and Kidston Roads, besotted with the fact that a grant is available from the Infrastructure Planning Grant Program.
The program's detail is: "Grants up to $10,000 are available to help improve or develop long-term comprehensive plans that include, but are not limited to: capital asset management plans, community energy plans, integrated stormwater management plans, water master plans and liquid waste management plans."
Who thinks a roundabout is "infrastructure", especially in a community of only ~10,000 people!
Nobody I've talked to!
Fortunately Councillor Peter McClean doesn't think so either, saying the roundabouts he sees in Vernon leave something to be desired; this one at 32nd Avenue: https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=32nd+Avenue,+Vernon,+BC&hl=en&ll=50.265317,-119.262207&spn=0.000856,0.002642&sll=50.270134,-119.259386&sspn=0.000855,0.002642&t=h&hnear=32+Ave,+Vernon,+British+Columbia&z=19&layer=c&cbll=50.265317,-119.262207&panoid=8_HcLumi3e-3j6_DZDKbTw&cbp=12,301.39,,0,16.9
Even Councillors Guyla Kiss and Maria Besso--in decidedly lucid moments--aren't convinced a roundabout is necessary.
Consider what the provincial grant (money from our taxes) could be used for--authentic infrastructure like replacement of aging waterlines and water pumps, or the District's much-touted and needed improvements to stormwater and drainage.
What a bunch of nonsense...Coldstream congestion.
"Maybe indigestion," suggests Kia, "just more gas from Coldstream."
Edit: So where did the roundabout idea originate? Discussion between the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Mayor Garlick, and the Chief Administrative Officer at the 2012 Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention.
