The Hays City Commission for a second time on Thursday put the brakes on a proposal to construct a roundabout at the intersection of 27th Street and Canterbury, but indicated a roundabout at 27th and Indian Trail might be a better investment. The issue was brought forth for discussion by Commissioner Sandy Jacobs, who requested the commission revisit the Canterbury intersection after Mayor James Meier initially suggested a temporary roundabout there in early March. The idea was rejected at that time, and Jacobs said she heard from many residents afterward who favored the proposal.
“When we discussed it the first time, interestingly after that I had a significant number of people say, ‘Why didn’t you do that? That was a great idea.’ So that was in the back of my mind,” she said. “The second thing was when we were working on Canterbury striping, whether we were going to do three lanes or four lanes, I spent a lot of time out there as I said last week. … When it’s not the busy times of day, you’re right, it’s not an issue. But the busy times of day, especially when the students are coming and going, they use it almost like a roundabout anyway.”
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