CALGARY –There are concerns surrounding a busy intersection in the S.E. community of Cranston.
People who live there say the intersection at Cranberry Road and Cranston Drive is becoming increasingly dangerous and putting families at risk.
When Taryn Klassen and her husband moved into their house in Cranston, they counted on a quiet family friendly neighbourhood to raise little daughter Nina.
What they didn’t foresee was a fearsome intersection.
“People just come flying around the corner, don’t bother to look. Even if they do, the limited visibility makes it dangerous for people going through,” said Klassen. “I know all our neighbours were afraid to cross that road because of the cars.”
She says the yield sign isn’t doing enough and the proof came when a nervous neighbour knocked at her door at 10:30 p.m. last Saturday night, after witnessing a hit and run.
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“The car took the corner too wide so the tires hit on the median and then sent the vehicle where the car is parked now, up the driveway, where it smashed into my vehicle that was parked here. Moved it several feet over into my husband’s truck and moved it (other vehicle) several feet over as well,” said Klassen.
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Just two days later, another driver blew through the exact same intersection.
Calgary Police Service Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey said CPS “haven’t been made aware of any issues” at the intersection.
CPS says by contacting its website, the traffic section can send out extra enforcement to the area.
“We will assign those reports out to our officers and they will attend those locations,” said Sgt. Stacey.
But Klassen says she wants more to be done. She and neighbours have contacted 311 and they say they’ve received little to no response.
When Global News contacted the roads department, we were notified that a stop sign had just been approved.
“It’s unfortunate that it had to take, you know, several incidents that could have been dangerous. I mean we have two vehicles in the shop,“ said Klassen.
It will be six to eight weeks of waiting for the stop sign to be installed at the intersection. Ideally, Klassen said she’d like to see a three-way stop and a crosswalk put in.
“Even for Halloween night we’ve chosen to go to a different community with our family because we don’t want to have our kids out on this street,” she said.
Klassen has also contacted the councillor for the area, Shane Keating.
With files from Lisa MacGregor
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