Work has begun on the re-make the corner of Laird Drive and Millwood Rd accompanied by seemingly unprecedented traffic backups Wednesday on Millwood, Southvale and Laird. The project, as reported earlier by The South Bayview Bulldog, will eliminate the Yield curve for traffic headed toward the Leaside bridge and points east. Instead, the greatly touted “improved” intersection will stop all traffic at a three-way set of lights. It’s not clear whether there will be a right turn on red permitted onto Millwood southbound/eastbound from Millwood/Southvale. This project seems to come at a particularly bad time in the context of LRT construction. There are no routes out of Leaside to the north or east that are not blocked with construction. There is a belief among many that City Hall has an unstated policy of eliminating Yield signs where it can, especially at intersections where pedestrians may cross. The Yield sign at Millwood/Laird is as good as gone, although it still stood in isolation Wednesday.
