<p>In response to a question posted from Judith:</p> <p>Once the roundabouts are operational, the signal timings will be reviewed at the intersection of Robie and Cunard to ensure that they are operating optimally.  The expectation is that the existing vehicle queuing will not be made worse by the installation of a roundabout at Cunard. The distance on Cunard between North Park Street and Robie Street is approximately 320m. Traffic modelling projections show a queue length of 132m from Robie Street during the PM peak. Therefore even with this future queue length, traffic is not expected to back up from Robie Street to the Cunard roundabout. Today the current options for pedestrians to cross are to cross at the traffic signals either at North Park or at Robie.  These two crossings will remain in the future.  Based on feedback from the February 2013 community engagement for this project, staff undertook pedestrian and traffic counts on Cunard between Robie and North Park during the summer of 2013.  At that time the warrants were not met for a marked pedestrian crosswalk at any of the intersections along this section of Cunard.  This is based on the low pedestrian volumes and the short distance between the two intersections. Upon completion of the project, HRM staff has committed to conduct another study to gather information and form a decision with respect to pedestrian requirements on this section of Cunard.</p>