What’s wrong?
Missing pedestrian light, Isleville and Young streets.
Who’s responsible?
Vaughn Perrin, HRM traffic analyst, crosswalks, 490-4822.
REMARKS
A reader tips us to this crosswalk: there’s a helpful push-button for pedestrians but, very unhelpfully, the button isn’t attached to an actual light. Perrin says the light was taken out when one of the poles was removed to facilitate construction of the new condo building at the corner. Supposedly, the light will return, but construction is taking longer than anticipated.
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This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2010.
We know from experience that all the HRM traffic people want us to be in cars. Each in one car, all to themselves. Past and current policy and actions support that assumption. Pedestrians are a nuisance to be barely tolerated. If a few get knocked off here, that can only be a good thing, right?
I think the real news is that a Starbucks will be opening in this location shortly.