It doesnt fit: Carberry residents oppose RCUT solution at deadly intersection – Winnipeg [Video]

A group of Carberry residents say they are opposing planned safety measures at a deadly intersection, arguing provincial consultants didn’t listen to what the community wanted at the site.

The intersection of Highways 1 and 5 was the site of the deadliest crash in Manitoba’s history in June 2023, when a mini-bus full of Dauphin-area seniors was hit by a semi. Seventeen people died as a result of the accident.

Over the next year, three potential options were floated: a roundabout, an RCUT (restricted crossing U-turn) intersection, and median widening. Despite feedback from some community members and Carberry’s mayor and council calling for an overpass, the residents say that option appears to have been nixed by the province earlier this year.

In an open letter about Thursday’s protest, the Carberry residents laid out a series of reasons for opposing the safety consultants’ preferred choice of an RCUT solution.

The residents listed issues such as …