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O'Connor ACT Belconnen Way Ramp Lvl 3 unlock

Post by AliG2605
Hi, I'd like to rename the ramps at this intersection.

The road that joins Belconnen Way to Macarthur Ave is Fairfax Street. However, it seems to have been erroneously named Belconnen Way and the Ramps are named accordingly. There are also some compass directions that I'll remove as per the Wiki.

https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=row&lo ... 8,61063709

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Post by AliG2605
Thanks Gav,
I'm done. I've set the lock level of all the ramps to Auto(1) as the all the segments they connect to are Auto(1) and it doesn't really make sense to have the ramps at a higher level and that seems consistent with the wiki (https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road_names/A ... _Off_ramps). But feel free to reset them to Lvl3 if you think that's a better option.

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Post by AliG2605
Thanks Clem. I was wondering about whether the ramps should really be ramps.
The ACT must have dozens of intersections where ramps are used at intersections of Primary roads…

But then maybe this road (Belconnen Way/Barry Dr) could be upgraded to perhaps a minor hwy (even though it has no route number). It carries a lot of traffic, it connects the Canberra CBD with the Belconnen town centre. Speed limit is 80 km/h and the road is 2 sometimes 3 lanes in either direction. This road is at least as good a standard as Northbourne avenue which is a major hwy by virtue of it having a route number…
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Post by AliG2605
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the background on the why the roads are primary.
We also have lots of turning lanes which really shouldn't be drawn in. There are some which it is a losing battle with, no sooner do you fix it then someone comes along and draws them back in.
I only ever put them back in if there's a map problem that requires it :D
Like this one https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=row&lo ... 133&zoom=7
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Post by cantanga
alig2605 wrote:Thanks Clem. I was wondering about whether the ramps should really be ramps.
The ACT must have dozens of intersections where ramps are used at intersections of Primary roads…


We certainly do. We also have lots of turning lanes which really shouldn't be drawn in. There are some which it is a losing battle with, no sooner do you fix it then someone comes along and draws them back in.
alig2605 wrote:But then maybe this road (Belconnen Way/Barry Dr) could be upgraded to perhaps a minor hwy (even though it has no route number). It carries a lot of traffic, it connects the Canberra CBD with the Belconnen town centre. Speed limit is 80 km/h and the road is 2 sometimes 3 lanes in either direction. This road is at least as good a standard as Northbourne avenue which is a major hwy by virtue of it having a route number…
This has been discussed before by the regional managers. It's been decided to standardise Australia as much as possible which is why nearly everything in the ACT is now primary road, even if the standard is equivilant to a higher rating.
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Post by theclem54
I would set them all to Primary Street rather than Ramps. Ramps are usually used on Highway segments on actual Highways. This intersection only needs 'at-grade' connectors which would be Primary Street.
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