Here in the UK, traffic flows quickly through roundabouts while Americans sit, and sit, and sit in expensive traffic lights waiting for their turn to drive while traffic backs up and tempers flare.

The roundabout is already in use in New England and known affectionately as the ‘rotary’. It is also slowly conquering parts of the United States like Carmel, Indiana where Mayor Jim Brainard, who used to live in Britain is incorporating them into the town with great success.

The main benefit of a roundabout for taxpayer’s is that they are cheap and don’t require the yearly investment that streetlights demand. An average streetlight in Florida is very expensive and needs not only electricity, but constant maintenance as lights burn out or hurricanes destroy components.

The other benefit with roundabouts is that they don’t require expensive land purchase to install extra turn lanes to ease traffic congestion. Roundabouts just flow……

However, the statues are gone from public display on public land. They can go into museums, or they can be re-erected on private land.

That way everyone is satisfied.