The Carberry Community Memorial Hall played host on Tuesday night to the launch of the provincial government's public consultation process into safety improvements at the scene of last year's deadly bus crash near the community.
Three main intersection types were shared at the event, based on recommendations from a safety review in the wake of the June 15th crash at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Trans Canada Highway, which killed 17 seniors from the Dauphin area and injured eight others, after their bus collided with a semi truck.
Those options included a widened intersection, a roundabout, or a setup often known as a restricted crossing U-turn — or RCUT — that forces drivers to make a U-turn instead of turning left.
The open house also included other intersection alternatives such as grade-separated, signalized, split or offset T- intersections.
Over 100 people attended the open house-style event, which was the first stage of a functional design process for the intersection.
The province says there will be three rounds of public engagement, that will culminate in a recommendation for how to make the intersection safer.
