New Pedestrian Signs, Lights at South D and Onley

At one of the most busy and dangerous intersections in town, the Onley/South Division/Bateman Street has added signs and pedestrian actuated lights to alert drivers to pedestrians crossing. Many students use this crossing throughout the school year from morning to night.

This is a problematic intersection and I'm speaking from experience because I lived in the New Zoo for 3 years. With all the traffic from the artery of South Division both directions coupled with those coming down Bateman and the all the streets off South D causes back ups and accidents. Pedestrians would sometimes wait 5 or more minutes to get across because the large amount of traffic constantly flowing through. Fortunately some Good Samaritans with common sense would stop to allow pedestrians not to have to play Frogger to make it across. Still to make a left turn onto South D was hard to do and still is.

These lights and signs are improvements from nothing, to a crosswalk, and sign in the middle of the road. This is a welcomed improvement to ensure the saftey of everyone.