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"It has been dubbed Britain's 'most woke' roundabout because drivers must give priority to pedestrians, then cyclists, and then other cars and lorries before continuing on themselves. Locals have pointed out the priority for cyclists and pedestrians is unnecessary as only cars and lorries regularly use the Boundary Way route."
2m for some asphalt. Landscaping and paint ?? That's very expensive.
I don't know if it's what happened here but I have noticed that sometimes people use highly speculative math for things like this. Like the actual cost of landscaping and paint was 100k, but if you assume that everyone who would use this had to divert to another route that took 10m, and they all average £15 an hour, and 10,000 people per hour could have used this, then there's £9,000 lost per hour of construction.
Probably a good investment all things considered (safer roundabout = less accidents, better cycling = more cyclist = less fat people and pollution from cars and more space on the road for the remaining cars)
Most walk maybe
To be fair it is unnecessary in that they are giving right away to anyone currently in traffic regardless. The priority wording is meaningless and likely lip service for the bike crowd. At least it seems that way. Maybe I am misunderstanding. The only benefit I would say is that it makes clear bikes and pedestrians are allowed.
c/nottheonion
Don't let US values infect the UK like that
Thaddeus is scared of roundabouts.