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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
ROUNDABOUT:
Art and landscaping
are still to come
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PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
An honor guard of Rich Riddle, Pat Bowe, Dave Culver and Wendall
Halterman offered a rifle salute at Monday’s Memorial Day observances.
MEMORIAL DAY:
Event drew a large
audience in Sisters
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important. They remind us of
the sacrifices of the small per-
centage of American citizens
who serve in the military, and
remind us to keep in mind the
ongoing pain of those who
are left behind when a service
member is killed.
“I am very happy to see
everybody here today,” she
said, “remembering those
who did give all.”
Sisters
American
Legion Commander Lance
Trowbridge served as Master
of Ceremonies. He intro-
duced Chelsea Anttila, who
offered up a beautiful a cap-
pella rendition of the National
Anthem. Each act of the cer-
emony, from the placing of a
wreath to a description of a
table set for the absent POW/
MIA was imbued with sym-
bolic meaning.
The event also honored
the veterans who populate
Sisters and continue to serve
their community, as members
of each branch of service
came to their feet as their
service branch anthem was
played.
The solemnity of the
memorial blended seamlessly
into a festive afternoon as
those in attendance adjourned
to the Village Green’s picnic
structure to enjoy burgers and
the fellowship of their fellow
citizens.
roundabout layout earned that
buy-in.
Some local residents pre-
ferred a signal, after one was
installed for temporary use
during the Cascade Avenue
Improvement Project in 2014.
However, ODOT and the
City of Sisters pursued the
roundabout as the preferred
option. Construction began in
February and was completed
on schedule for the Memorial
Day weekend opening.
While the roundabout will
act as traffic control at the
intersection, it has no effect on
the volume of traffic, which
has often backed up as far as
Tollgate on the Friday of holi-
day weekends. Last weekend
was no exception, and traffic
clogged the roundabout dur-
ing much of the afternoon.
Some basic driving proto-
cols apply at roundabouts:
• Slow down as you
approach the roundabout.
• Watch for bicycles, they
will either merge into traffic
or use the sidewalk.
• Stop for pedestrians
using the crosswalk in your
lane.
• Yield to traffic entering
the roundabout from your
right or circling around from
your left.
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The Highway 20/Barclay Drive roundabout is open to traffic.
• You don’t need to signal
entering the roundabout, since
turns are all to the right, but
you must signal as you exit.
• If you miss your exit,
keep circling around; don’t
stop or back up.
• Traffic moves smoother
if everyone is courteous and
allows entry to vehicles.
• Do not enter a roundabout
when emergency vehicles are
approaching. Pull over to the
right. Allow other vehicles to
clear the intersection so the
emergency vehicles can move
through the roundabout.
Roundabouts are increas-
ingly being installed across
the U.S., as noted in a story in
The New York Times on July
30, 2016.
“Once seen only in coun-
tries like France and Britain,
the roundabout, favored by
traffic engineers because it
cuts congestion and reduces
collisions and deaths, is expe-
riencing rapid growth in the
United States,” the story notes.
The key element is safety.
National and international
statistics show fewer acci-
dents at roundabouts and a
significantly lower level of
severity due to slower speeds
and eliminating head-on col-
lisions and T-bone accidents.
And that goes for pedestrians
and cyclists as well as autos.
According to ODOT’s
research, “When signalized
intersections are converted
to roundabouts, there is a 48
percent reduction in crashes,
and 78 percent reduction in
crashes resulting in at least an
injury. This is because overall
speeds are drastically reduced,
and there are many less ‘con-
flict points’ (for all modes),
with roundabouts.”