Dear Editor:
We have complained about the traffic on the Erin/Garafraxa townline – the first time on July 27, and nothing has been done to date. So we decided that more people should read about this too.
On Aug. 4 between 2 and 3pm, there were five semi-trailers, 10 straight trucks, two dump trucks and the rest cars. A grand total of 91 vehicles in one hour coming along the townline [east and west]. Speed through our little hamlet is 50km/h; very few were travelling that speed. There is a mobile sign just by the hydro line on the townline – shows you the speed you are doing, when travelling west bound. That is not the end of the day, can you imagine how many vehicles are going along our road.
And they have to go all the way out to Wellington Road 26 because at Sideroad 10 and Dufferin Road 3 the road was closed heading west on Dufferin 3. No one is paying attention to the detour signs, because they should be going south from Dufferin 3 to 22 just south of Hillsburgh.
On July 30 when we were coming home, we were doing 50km/h and some idiot in a black pickup went sailing by us; the mobile sign showed 93km/h! They never slowed down, only sped up to 96.
There is a dinky sign that is placed on the corner of Erin/Garafraxa townline facing eastbound, has been pushed off to the side – no one is paying attention. There was one car on Aug. 4 that was a complete blur as it traveled eastbound about 10am. People just don’t care.
We have asked for speed humps at either end of the hamlet, has it been done. Nope!
Speed humps are in Alton and it slowed truck traffic and some cars down alot. Speed humps in Belfountain tell us why not in Orton? Or better yet, put a traffic ticket camera here! Or maybe the OPP can have more of a presence in Orton when us folks call and complain about the speed, not the dinky sign that says your speed.
I’m going to quote a sign I saw today: “Cats have 9 lives, people just 1”. Please slow down, folks. We don’t need an animal, child or adult injured cause of the speeds we’ve seen the last few weeks.
Sandy and Neil Blahut,
Orton