Jeanne d’Arc roundabout needed for OC Transpo buses, city says [Video]

Love them or hate them, roundabouts are found all-around the city, but a plan to a replace an Orléans intersection with one has some residents upset.

As Marsha Dowd crosses Jeanne D’Arc Boulevard with her young granddaughter at a traffic light, she’s concerned about what it will be like if there’s a roundabout there instead.

“It just sounds like a horror show.”

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A plan to build a roundabout at the intersection of Jeanne d’Arc and Fortune Drive/Vineyard Drive, just north of Highway 174 has neighbours saying no way. When Dowd posted on social media about it, others were quick to respond.

“After about two days I checked back and I had 184 comments from the community, and most of them were against the roundabout,” she tells CTV News Ottawa.

“It’s ridiculous. Everybody wants to move now,” says Dave McCarthy, another nearby resident.

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