Dear Editor:
So apparently the S-Bend road (Colborne Street) will be closed from June to December while it is being re-routed through Storybrook. The suggested route for all traffic will be Wellington Road 18 from Elora then turn left onto Beatty Line.
Won’t this be precious. No left turn lane, no advanced left turn light, so ultimately at certain times of the day everybody will be going nowhere fast, as they say, if the only car making it through the green light is the one waiting to turn.
It is legal but not advised to pass on the right side of the car in the intersection but that sounds like an accident just waiting to happen. Plus a lot of drivers don’t know that is an option.
The other spot needing attention this summer is the corner of Mill and Metcalfe. The pedestrians need to have access to all-way crossing at the same time (north, south, east, west and diagonal, such that there is no crossing at all when traffic moves).
It only takes one car not being able to turn right because currently pedestrians cross at the same time and suddenly traffic is backed up to the roundabout.
Small town with big-city solutions needed in regards to lights.
Carol Anne Pinkney,
Elora