Mobile County To Open Second Roundabout Today

Posted on: Dec 1st, 2014 | Announcements

Mobile County?s second roundabout will open late this afternoon at the intersection of Three Notch Road, Dawes Lane and Dawes Lane Extension. The county had sought funding for the Three Notch and Dawes intersection to reduce the numbers of right angle crashes that occurred there and received federal assistance with the project through the Federal Highway Safety Administration. The roundabout can eliminate right-angle and head-on crashes because traffic flows in one direction. At the same time, the configuration forces a reduction in speed and eliminates the delays associated with stop-and-start traffic that occurs at a signalized intersection. According to the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, roundabouts have delivered a 67 to 80 percent reduction in fatalities or incapacitating injuries and a 35 percent reduction in all crashes. Mobile County built its first roundabout in 2011 at Grelot and Dawes Roads.