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Roundabouts a good idea?

What do people think of the roundabouts going up all over Dublin? They might help manage traffic flow, but people often tear through them without slowing down. And with the hefty price tag, I feel that the costs might outweigh the benefits with the economy the way it is.

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Andy Resnik Permalink Reply by Andy Resnik on July 23, 2009 at 12:39am
The Dublin roundabouts seem to do a good job of moving traffic, although I have to admit the one at Post and Avery-Muirfield can be a little intimidating when you've got a school bus in front of you and behind you. There are plenty of roundabouts where I grew up on the east side of Cleveland and they don't even have lanes painted on them, so I've never had any real problems navigating them in Dublin; my wife hates them.

There's a debate going on in Clintonville right now on whether to build a roundabout at N. Broadway and High Street. The city of Columbus says the entire proposal, which would include a couple other roundabouts, land acquisition, etc., would cost at least $17 million and isn't feasible.

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    Peter and Benjamin Sells came to the area around 1801 from Huntington County, Pa., to buy land. Old Dublin was first platted in 1810 by their brother, John. Surveyor John Shields named the town after his birthplace in Ireland. The town developed the usual assortment of mills, shops and churches, with settlers coexisting peacefully with Wyandot Indians, who camped on Indian Run. The town gained notoriety in the mid-19th century, when a surplus of taverns and rowdy Civil War veterans gave the village a tough reputation. Columbus' growth and the construction of I-270 made expansion inevitable. Dublin achieved city status in 1987.
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