Safety improvements coming to Red Hill
- Robert
- 12 Jul 2018
Hamilton’s Red Hill Valley Parkway is notoriously unsafe. While crashes can happen at any time, they often occur when the ground is wet and it’s dark outside. To help combat visibility issues, the city will be installing recessed pavement markers.
These markers, also known as cat’s eyes, are retroreflective safety devices. Used to mark lanes, the cat’s eyes are particularly useful when visibility is low.
The pavement markers will be installed in both directions between the Greenhill Avenue and Dartnall Road off ramps.
Work is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 16. To complete the improvements, lanes will be required to close between 9 pm and 5 am from July 15 to 19.
Beginning Monday evening, we're installing new recessed pavement markers along the RED HILL VALLEY PARKWAY (RHVP) in both directions between the Greenhill Ave and Dartnall Rd off ramps. Details: https://t.co/N7joOmRhWs #HamOnt
— City of Hamilton (@cityofhamilton) July 12, 2018
While the introduction of the reflective pavement markers will help, it will not fix the public’s concern for safety. Over the last six years, the Red Hill has seen over 200 collisions.
It has been speculated that the Red Hill is too slippery for its own good. Many people have advocated for the roads to be repaved, as well as for barriers to be installed in the grass medians.
Do you think the city’s installation of recessed pavement markers is enough? How would you make the Red Hill safer? Let us know in the comments.
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