‘Second-class citizens’?

Dear Editor:

Why are the residents of St.  Andrew Street East in Fergus being treated like second-class citizens?

In the ongoing traffic chaos that’s resulted from a portion of St. David Street being abruptly shut down for months, a few feeble attempts have been made to slow down the  speeding motorists roaring in and out of our town.

Gowrie and Cameron now, belatedly, have speed limit signs posted in the middle of the road and Gowrie has (wonders never cease) recently acquired a pair of speed bumps.

But on the busiest street through Fergus – St. Andrew St. East – there is absolutely nothing, not even a sign pointing out that the speed limit is 50km/h.

I can  only assume that the council staff responsible for organizing traffic do not live in Centre Wellington, conveniently leave town at the end of their working day and have no idea (or simply don’t want to know) what a dangerous nightmare our street has become this summer.

Last weekend, a speeding car almost hit me as I attempted to cross the road to walk my dog – and such near misses now happen almost every day. Angry drivers, frustrated to find that St. David Street is closed, are turning on to St. Andrew at high speed and venting their fury on the people who live here.

Why is nothing being done about this?  Does a pedestrian have to get killed before the powers-that-be decide to act? Just asking.

Sonia Day,
Fergus