An issue that’s been on the minds of residents in Lucan for years will be front and centre at town council on Monday.
A delegation will be asking for a new traffic light at the corner of Highway 4 and Saintsbury Line, which already has support from council.
The Ministry of Transportation, however, says the traffic light should be built as part of an overall $2 million intersection upgrade because the highway falls under provincial jurisdiction.
“Just this morning, I had a discussion with one of our councillors from town council and he had a near-miss at that very corner this weekend,” Lucan Biddulph mayor Cathy Burghardt-Jesson told 980 CFPL.
“The light needs to go in before something awful happens.”
Burghardt-Jesson believes the delegation heading to council, coupled with the change in government, will help build momentum for their cause.
Burghardt-Jesson says intersection upgrades are slated for a few years down the line, but the traffic light, which would cost about $250,000-$300,000, is needed now.
She says the delegation will be asking for a public meeting with the town council, county representatives, and the newly-appointed minister of infrastructure, as well as local MPP Monte McNaughton.