Gaithersburg Police: SHA Plans Changes To Great Seneca-Kentlands Boulevard Intersection
Significant changes could come as early as next year, Gaithersburg police said at a Council in the Community meeting.
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Gaithersburg Police: SHA Plans Changes To Great Seneca-Kentlands Boulevard Intersection
Significant changes could come as early as next year, Gaithersburg police said at a Council in the Community meeting.
After a number of serious accidents, the Maryland State Highway Administration plans significant changes to the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Kentlands Boulevard/Orchard Ridge Drive, Gaithersburg police told members of the Quince Orchard Park community on Tuesday. SHA began studying the intersection about a year and a half ago, spurred by an incident in which a pedestrian was struck and severely injured, Officer Scott Scarff said at a Council in the Community meeting. The biggest safety concern surrounds the geometry behind the intersection's design, which prevents motorists from clearly seeing pedestrians in the crosswalk, Scarff said. After the study, SHA recommended six changes for the new intersection's design phase, which …
George
4:08 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
That intersection has ALWAYS baffled me, especially how MIS ALIGNED the left turn lane onto QO Blvd is. It is one of the WORST highway engineering designs I have EVER seen for a suburban area. Thing is, it may be a year and a half off.....BUT THE DAMN THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BETTER FROM THE START!!! .....if private citizens and the police have had issues with it....don't you think the "… more ›