City council Monday evening approved installation of five new pedestrian crossovers in the city, three of them on Wellington Street.
Also approved was the installation of traffic signals on Sunset Drive at the entrance to Parkside Collegiate Institute.
The cost of the undertaking is just over $520,000, excluding HST, with work possibly starting as early as mid-November.
The contractor will have 20 business days to complete the work at each location.
The city chose to move to crossovers because of the difficulty in finding crossing guards for these locations.
In a report to council in September of this year, Patrick Anckaert, Manager of Capital Works, advised council “Staff will work to maintain current service levels however there is a risk that some crossings may not be staffed on select days and times throughout the fall and winter.”
Here are the locations:
• Intersection pedestrian signal (IPS -a pedestrian green/amber/red signal) at Elm Street and Park Ave.
• Pedestrian crossover at First Ave and Forest Ave.
• Pedestrian crossover at Wellington Street and Park Ave.
• Pedestrian crossover at Wellington Street and Metcalfe Street
• Pedestrian crossover at Wellington Street and L&PS Trail
• Traffic signal on Sunset Drive at the entrance to Parkside Collegiate Institute
Written by Ian McCallum
