Staff
No decision has been made yet as to which intersection may lose its traffic lights.
At its budget meeting Feb. 21, council voted in favour of removing a set of traffic lights from service and replacing them with stop signs.
The locations presented to council–the intersections of Armit Avenue and Second Street East and Crowe Avenue and Second Street East–will be reviewed but may not be the only possible sites.
Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told the Times that once the town has its summer students back to work this spring, they will help him complete a traffic study of the above intersections, following the Ontario Traffic Manual guidelines.
From the traffic counts, a summary will be presented to council with a recommendation as which intersection to remove lights from and what signage to replace them with.
Removing the traffic lights is estimated to save $668 in electrical costs and repairs/maintenance.
This figure is based on potential savings from June 1-Dec. 31, 2017.
As well, the removed set will provide a spare controller for parts–saving the town money going forward.
