Traffic

Confusion Corner becomes more confusing after pole fire takes out traffic lights

By Elisha Dacey Global News

Posted April 15, 2019 12:10 pm

Updated April 15, 2019 2:35 pm

1 min read

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The sign on Osborne Street just before Confusion Corner. Police say an assault happened at a Burger King restaurant located near the intersection. Wikipedia

The traffic lights at Winnipeg’s most confusing intersection went out Monday thanks to a pole fire.

Confusion Corner at Pembina became a knot of bewildered drivers after the traffic lights went out.

TRAFFIC UPDATE:
HYDRO OUTAGE
North PEMBINA and CONFUSION CORNER
Hydro confirms the cause is a pole fire. Expect lights out for some time. Traffic control on route to Confusion Corner!#traffic #Winnipeg #WpgTMC pic.twitter.com/70yNidkmkD
— Winnipeg TMC (@WinnipegTMC) April 15, 2019

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Unfortunately, the intersection wasn’t so easy to treat as a four-way stop.

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The lights were out for several hours before being repaired at about 1:30 p.m.

Here's a picture of the pole fire that caused the outage. Crews are working on it as fast as they can, but still no update on restoration time. #mboutage pic.twitter.com/2FAS8zDYlj
— Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro) April 15, 2019

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