Roundabouts have popped up as a possible solution to traffic congestion in yet another Napa County location: Highway 29 through American Canyon.
Instead of facing a gauntlet of traffic lights in the south county, motorists would instead go through a series of potentially six roundabouts.
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The Napa Valley Transportation Authority (NVTA) unveiled the option at last week s American Canyon City Council meeting to a mixed reception. Several council members urged the agency to keep pursuing another alternative â adding lanes.
âNow weâve heard from you about autonomous vehicles and multimodal and now weâre hearing roundabouts?â an exasperated City Councilmember David Oro told NVTA Executive Director Kate Miller.