Key West aims for safer streets with new roundabout

Work has begun on a new roundabout at the intersection of Staples and Fourth Street.

Left, work has begun. At right, a rendering showing the completed traffic control device. / CITY OF KEY WEST

The City of Key West has begun construction on a new roundabout at the intersection of Staples Avenue and 4th Street, a corridor popular with cyclists and pedestrians.

The project, which includes a c…