Grey County's First Roundabout
Opened To Traffic September 1, 2009
At Grey Road 19, Grey Road 119 (Scenic Caves Road) And Mountain Drive at the base of the Blue Mountains
August 13, 2009 - Construction is well underway
- Key Features of a Roundabout
- Large Vehicles / Trucks / Emergency Vehicles
- Motorists
- Pedestrians / Cyclists
- Roundabout Signage
What is a roundabout?
- A modern roundabout is an un-signalized circular intersection engineered to maximize safety and minimize traffic delay.
- All traffic circulates counter-clockwise within the roundabout always to the right of the central island.
- Traffic entering the roundabout must yield to traffic within the roundabout.
- These circular intersections improve road safety, manage increased traffic demand, and help improve air quality by eliminating unnecessary stops and idling.
- This single lane roundabout is 200 metres in diameter and can accommodate in excess of 3,000 vehicles an hour.
Characteristics of a Roundabout
- Low speed on approach
- Approaching vehicles yield to traffic within roundabout
- Vehicles drive counter-clockwise within roundabout
- Low speed on exit
- Continuous movement of traffic
Typical Signage for a Roundabout.
The Region of Waterloo has developed a Demonstration of a roundabout that shows how pedestrians, cyclists and motorists should travel through the intersection.
Another good example on roundabouts is located on the Province of British Columbia website.
