Newton Lyons and family lived in the apartment upstairs and kept an eye on things. The building was put up in the 1940s in an attempt to get response a bit closer to the action. It’s the one featured in the annual Memorial Day parades. It is also known to some in town as the “old ambulance barn.”Īs I understand its history, the Hayes family gave the land to the LAFD back in the days when fire apparatus was actually garaged well up on Lost Acres Road near Horace Clark’s house, Clark being the individual who gave Granby its first fire engine in 1936. Thank you, Drummer, for being an integral part of the community culture.Īn article, “Residents comment on two town-owned properties” in the May issue of the Drummer prompted some memories of the old firehouse. While I have basically moved across the nation, I will always have fond memories of my time in Granby, and have a key chain to remind me. I feel fortunate to have spent well over 25 years in Granby and met lovely residents along the way. They remind me of Granby and the many years participating in the community, raising a child through a good school system, belonging to an active church and enjoying the wonderful landscape Granby has to offer-bears included. Since then I relocated to Arizona and use the prize winnings all the time. Last October I was the winner of the Mystery Photo Contest, and claimed my prize package of a Granby Drummer embossed glass mug, a key chain with an LED light and a multi-purpose tote, among other things. To help with this, modern roundabouts have “Yield” signs posted on each approach (typically on both the left and right sides for extra emphasis) to clarify who has the right of way.
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However, this can be confusing to older drivers who may have been taught and driven through the old rotaries where (sometimes) the entering traffic had the right of way, due to the “yield to the right” rule. Drivers entering a roundabout yield to traffic already in the roundabout. Britnell, Principal Engineer, Connecticut DOT: The reader is correct, the statement is incorrect. I did a search to confirm my comments at the Connecticut DOT website: “Modern roundabouts follow the “yield-at-entry” rule in which approaching vehicles must wait for a gap in the circulating flow before entering the circle.” “Yield to traffic already in the roundabout.”įrom William W. You write: “Incoming drivers have the right-of-way and those already in the circle yield to the incoming.” This may be incorrect. This comment pertains to the May article: “DOT presents plans for Five Corners roundabout.” It appears the state and the feds have more of our money than they need.
That is another reason to hold up on the roundabout until it is clear that it is needed.Ĭertainly most of us can think of another place in the Connecticut highway system that is more deserving of state attention than the roundabout at the Five Corners intersection. That works out to about $1 million for each accident if we were to write the whole project off in one year. The project is very expensive, $3 to $4 million. That would cause weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. If the state were to put the roundabout in without removing the vision impairment of the hill first then I can see drivers heading north on Rte.10/202 coming over the hill and suddenly becoming aware of the upcoming obstruction of the roundabout. 10/202 and East Street and Notch Road is not excessive, three or four accidents per year with no fatalities, then it would appear that a small correction to the visibility is all that is necessary to fix a rather small problem. Since the accident rate at the intersection of Rte. If it doesn’t then maybe a roundabout might be considered. 10/202 and see if the accident rate drops off somewhat. The first step would be to remove the hill on Rte. This suggests that the project be split into two parts. A roundabout may turn out to be unnecessary if all that is needed is better visibility of oncoming traffic from the south side of Rte. It seems to me that the state has the cart before the horse when it comes to the Five Corners roundabout project. Commentary pieces express the opinion of the writer and not necessarily the opinion of the Drummer. Unsigned editorials are the consensus opinion of the editorial staff and publisher.
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