Changes to make road safer have backfired, New Annan residents say
CBC
Residents of New Annan, P.E.I., say changes made to the road in front of their homes were supposed to make it safer.
But they say it did the opposite.
Joe Nicholson saw it up close, when a car travelling along Route 2 went off the road and into his front yard.
He said the road has gotten a lot more dangerous since the province widened it by adding left- and right-turn lanes.
"You have to keep an eye on your rearview mirror to see what's coming behind you, because you just couldn't stop because your driveway is there. You had to determine, 'Well, is it safe to stop and pull in, or do I have to go down the road and pull in?'"
Lisa MacKay's mother had a close call that was captured on security video.
She was stopped, trying to turn into their laneway, when she was almost rear-ended by a pickup truck that had to slam on its brakes to avoid a collision.
MacKay said there have been many accidents since they changed the road in 2018.
"Somebody's going to lose their life, if they don't do something else about it. Now, they may have thought that they were going to make it safe, or safer, but they didn't. They made it worse."
MacKay's son waits for the bus in front of the home.
She said this school year, she has counted 40 times when vehicles have passed the school bus, even when its lights were flashing.
Police said it is a busy area, and gets busier in the summer.
The traffic unit and provincial engineers know about the concerns, said RCMP Const. Gavin Moore.
"I can say there has been some recent collisions in that area. It does pose some challenges given the number of lanes and the number of turnoffs in that area."
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