Roundabout Next to Boat & RV Storage Facility

[Oldgator73]

Wow that's huge. Can't imagine they'd go that big but. I'm envisioning them doing something like this but I'll need to confirm. This is what i think you're cautioning against.

That’s not a huge roundabout. It’s only single lane in and out. The little town of Rehoboth Beach, DE, where we go to eat $15 lobsters, has a two lane roundabout.

 

[Joezeppy]

Here's an overhead view of a roundabout that we pass through quite frequently with our 34' motorhome with our toad attached. Note the entrances to the gas station and convenience store in the lower left. Tractor trailers pull in and out of there fairly regularly delivering gas and supplies. You can't get much closer to the circle than that, and the trucks don't seem to have any trouble navigating it. I've also seen RV's much larger than ours negotiate the circle with no apparent issues.View attachment 178604

Been through this one many times myself - to and from Lake George every Memorial Day weekend - with 3 different trailers over the years.

 

[Laura & Charles]

I can say that roundabouts don’t bother me at all (44 feet and pulling a toad). I appreciate they’re a better way to handle traffic flow than stop signs and are less wear and tear on brakes (plus, Rosie is a dog from a dead stop).

Your last comment (1st post) would be more concerning to me. As the area grows and traffic becomes more congested might be a problem to me. A place on the edge of a suburb is one thing. But a place where I have to drive through miles of suburb might be a deterrent. But if you offer a safe, secure place at a competitive rate, I don’t think you have much to worry about.

 

[Mr Lars]

Do you currently own the property that would be affected by the roundabout? If yes, you need to immediately march down to the local city hall and county courthouse and raise all holy **** over this issue. Best to hire legal council that specializes in fighting ‘eminent domain’ takings. Contact your State Legislator/Assemblyman and State Senator that represents your district, and rattle their ears. You need to be proactive on this, the dirty rotten scoundrels in government that will benefit from this would sooner pee in your cereal, than listen to a citizen. If this is worth fighting for, it’s worth fighting dirty for. Dig into the past of the gooberment officials involved, 8x10 glossy’s are a powerful weapon.

 

[Domo]

We have never, ever, rejected a place to rent/store/visit based on local road conditions; number of lights, number of lanes, traffic patterns, bridges (if high enough to go under), etc.

Look at it this way -> round-a-bouts are designed, and proven, to ease traffic flow and reduce stop lights and signs. Your facility will have nice new roads going to it, not some bumpy, pot-holed, pathway.

 

[Jackiemac]

If the storage unit had everything we needed

Room to manoeuvre
Good security
Good management
Well maintained
The type of storage we wanted
The right price
In a location we wanted

A couple of roundabouts wouldn't be an issue.

 

[Mr Lars]

Roundabouts ‘can be’ very beneficial, if installed in the correct manner, in the correct place. They ‘can be’ detrimental if installed incorrectly, and in the wrong place.

 

[Rene T]

Do you currently own the property that would be affected by the roundabout? If yes, you need to immediately march down to the local city hall and county courthouse and raise all holy **** over this issue. Best to hire legal council that specializes in fighting ‘eminent domain’ takings. Contact your State Legislator/Assemblyman and State Senator that represents your district, and rattle their ears. You need to be proactive on this, the dirty rotten scoundrels in government that will benefit from this would sooner pee in your cereal, than listen to a citizen. If this is worth fighting for, it’s worth fighting dirty for. Dig into the past of the gooberment officials involved, 8x10 glossy’s are a powerful weapon.

In the third paragraph in post #1, the OP is looking to purchase this existing property with a rv and boat storage facility already established.

 

[Derby6]

Round about of no concern.
To be honest if it’s concerning, the person probably should not be driving or pulling an RV and you don’t want them in your storage yard anyway. They’ll be the ones that hit something or park all crooked touching ajacent parking areas cause they can’t drive.

 

[RayIN]

Every roundabout/traffic circle I've been through is big enough for a semi-truck pulling a 40' trailer.

 

[John From Detroit]

Wow that's huge. Can't imagine they'd go that big but. I'm envisioning them doing something like this but I'll need to confirm. This is what i think you're cautioning against.

I don't know where that one is Owner. It's not the Marshalll, Michigan one (That's bigger.. has a park in the middle with a building in the center) That's the area I grew up in by the way which is why I know it.

 

[John From Detroit]

Given that it will be two lanes in each direction, it sounds like the roundabout will be large enough for just about any vehicle so roundabout vs. traditional intersection would not sway my decision to rent there. I'd be more concerned with the overall volume of traffic, especially if I would typically have to turn left in or out of the storage lot. Then again, it's not like I'd be in an out of there every day.

Round abouts are ONE WAY (Generally counter clockwisew/anti-clockwise as I recall (You turn right to enter and right again to leave) and the Michigan ones are two lanes but if you drive a semi. Large class A or pull a long long trailer Like Lucy... You will be wheels on both curbs.

 

[Boat Bum]

We call that a rotary.

 

[whiteva]

Florida State DOT installed a roundabout on a 4 lane road that intersects with the road to our new airport. Idiots that are going to the airport will try to stay in the left (inside) lane then suddenly turn right toward the airport. Cars that are in their right side blind spot intending on continuing on to the next outlet get hit and pushed to the airport road. This happens far too often especially when tourist and rental cars are using the roundabout. Cameras installed at the roundabout are online and available for entertainment. The crashes are low speed, so not many injuries but I guess it makes for missed flights because State Troopers are required to write reports.

 

[Oldgator73]

Once you learn how to use a round a bout you’ll understand how much more efficient they are as opposed to stop signs or traffic lights. However, I have encountered round a bouts with traffic lights inside them.

 

[Babe2201]

Over the last 8 years or so a city nearby us have added at least 4 roundabouts at busy intersections and they are all designed to handle tractor trailer trucks. They are either big enough to take care of trailer swings or have curbs that are very low and ramped allowing the trailer to go up onto them.

Is the facility seasonal storage? If so it would really only make a difference twice a year for the people renting the storage.

 

[Jackiemac]

Once you learn how to use a round a bout you’ll understand how much more efficient they are as opposed to stop signs or traffic lights. However, I have encountered round a bouts with traffic lights inside them.

Busy roundabouts here in the UK now have traffic lights.

 

[Mark_K5LXP]

The buc-ees I stopped at in Springfield MO last year had two rotaries in succession. Given the traffic volume in and out of that place it was like jumping into one of those figure eight demolition derbies in a class A. If thousands of people a day are OK with navigating those rotaries just to get their 99 cent drink and BBQ sandwich, I'm not sure rotaries are considered an impediment, more like a nuisance at best. Guessing if they had stoplights instead of the rotaries the traffic would back up over the interstate bridge so it's a means to an end. They're popping up everywhere and are a traffic way of life. If a 70ft semi can get through there, then I'm not sure you can make a case it would deter RV's.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[UTTransplant]

My small city (50,000 people) is putting roundabout at all the big interchanges. It was confusing to many residents for about 2 days. After that, pretty much everyone loves them! I drive through a number of them on a regular basis with a 40’MH towing an F-150. Yes, I have to slow down to the 15mph limit at the roundabout, but no problems. Any concerns people have about the intersections will be gone in a few weeks.

 

[Joezeppy]

Round abouts are ONE WAY (Generally counter clockwisew/anti-clockwise as I recall (You turn right to enter and right again to leave) and the Michigan ones are two lanes but if you drive a semi. Large class A or pull a long long trailer Like Lucy... You will be wheels on both curbs.

I'm well aware of how a roundabout works, John. I was referring to the approach/departure roads being two lanes in response to the OP's comment "The county is expanding the road the property sits on from one lane each way to two lanes.".