Newly opened Bowmanville Avenue roundabout maximizes safety in Durham Region

Whitby, Ontario – The roundabout at Bowmanville Avenue (Regional Road 57) and Regional Road 3/Concession Road 8 is now open to traffic.

As part of the Region’s Durham Vision Zero Strategic Road Safety Action Plan, roundabouts are being installed at select intersections across the region to maximize safety. Roundabouts reduce the number of conflict points and eliminate the most severe crashes by lowering traffic speed and only requiring drivers to look in one direction for oncoming traffic. Roundabouts also often reduce vehicle delay, fuel consumption, and emissions since vehicles are not required to wait at a red traffic signal.

Road users are reminded that traffic circulates counter-clockwise around the central island in a roundabout and that entering vehicles must yield to all traffic already in the roundabout. For more information on roundabouts, please refer to the website durham.ca/Roundabout.

To learn more about the Bowmanville Avenue Roundabout construction project, visit durham.ca/BowmanvilleAveRoundabout. To learn more about Durham Vision Zero, visit durham.ca/VisionZero.

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