...Was there once a traffic circle there?

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...The complex intersection of Hillside, Government Street, Douglas and Gorge Road had changed little since Joseph Heywood installed a fountain and a horse trough there in 1885. Heywood's fountain and trough had been replaced by Maurice Humber in 1937, to celebrate the city's 75th anniversary, but traffic was still snarled where all those streets came together. The Colonist argued that "the only remedy for this particularly bad crossroads appears to be a continental-type roundabout." City council decided to create a roundabout on a trial basis. The roundabout went into operation in March 1950, and two months later, council decided to make it permanent. Permanent, in this case, lasted 13 years. Pressure to replace the roundabout, known as Fountain Circle, started almost as soon as it was installed. By 1963, the roundabout was gone, replaced by the system of rotating signals that is still in use today - one that's similar to a design rejected by council when the roundabout was approved...

https://www.timescolonist.com/the-revolution-in-traffic-1.2043

But is it bicycle friendly? LOL

But is it bicycle friendly? LOL

No more or less so than any modern implementation - bike lanes end at the circle entrance and cyclists take the lane.

Thanks for posting that Nparker.

A major addition to the office scene is the Merchant House Capital makeover of the Times Colonist building on Douglas Street, which is being transformed into 120,000 square feet of office space and about 10,000 square feet of retail, including a brewpub, as the Victoria Press Building. The Times Colonist has taken space in the complex and a private college, Sprott Shaw, has also leased space, said Nathaniel Simpson, leasing agent with CBRE Victoria.


https://www.timescolonist.com/business/developers-clamour-for-piece-of-vancouver-island-1.23888751

that’s just the two existing office tenants. nothing new?