Why Not A Roundabout?

Willard considers building an underpass at Highways 160 and AB to ease traffic woes:

According to city engineers, at least 8000 vehicles pass through the intersection every day. It’s why the city is partnering with the Missouri Department of Transportation on an estimated $1.5 million project. Proposed plans include creating an underpass to funnel vehicle traffic on Highway 160 beneath Highway AB.

They’ve already gone nuts and added two roundabouts to Highway 160 leading into Willard.

What would make them decide to go with underpass instead of roundabout? The amount of space available? The fact that there’s a school right there?

I dunno. I guess if I really wanted to know, I could be arsed to go to the informational meeting on December 11. But I’m a blogger. I’ll just sit here in my basement and speculate. Or just raise questions.

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