The new medians

I have to admit it, after balking about the lack of necessity for them to be installed in the first place the new medians downtown are kind of nice. Aesthetically, it makes the intersection look like a real city thoroughfare, not a random old Russian road meeting up with a cowpath turned road because the tidal wave washed the real one away. Not sure if they were planning on it, but if they plant grass in the center, it will surely brighten up the grey down there anyway.

Operationally, (with the lines being painted as I speak) they do the job of easing up on the confusion of what lane goes where, and I notice less of a chance of playing chicken with someone in the turn lanes. There is a bit of a confusion for the turn lane to enter the Food For Less parking lot, and curiosity how to get back to the Credit Union from that direction. This is only because I am a pure Kodiak driver, and really do not know road rules in the real world unless it was on MTV (sorry I know that was bad). I'm not sure how I even passed my drivers test when they started asking about lane changes and when you can and cannot cross the yellow lines. Back then, you were considered a safe driver if you were driving Mill Bay zigzagging from shoulder to shoulder the whole way to avoid the crevasses.

It is yet to be seen how well they shall fare in plowing season, whether they survive, or we end up having to send a few grader scoops to the shop to be straightened out, but yeah... they look pretty.

As far as having a traffic light installed there though, I really don't think we need one aside from everybody escaping downtown after the fireworks. Maybe one coming out of Safeway... or that intersection between Ole Johnson and Mill Bay Road where Ed Randolph gets to witness firsthand claims in the process.