City traffic lights turned

AFTER BEING concealed ir
hooded quietude for some weeks,
the new $50,000 conglomeration of
traffic lights at the corner of 23rd
Street, Larson Road and Jones
Avenue are in operation.

By MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer

Although new traffic signals are
customarily hooded for a few days
before being turned on, according
to North Vancouver Deputy City
Engineer Don Bridgman, there has
been a further delay that was due
to problems in obtaining a B.C.
Hydro connection.

The lights were turned on to a
flash setting on the weekend, as
required, and were scheduled to
begin full operation Tuesday.

City staff have been looking into
installing the lights at the five-
corner intersection for about five
years, although there were surpris-
ingly few traffic problems at the
site unti} recently.

“There weren’t that many acci-
dents,’’ said Bridgman. ‘‘People
were 2 little scared at that intersec-
tion so they tended to be on their
best behavior and take turns."

However, about six months ago,
city staff noticed an attitudinal
change at the intersection, with the
result that the number of accidents
shot up.

“There was a greater incidence
of two or three cars from one cor-
ner tailgaiting through the in-
tersection, which is not only unex-
pected, but got tempers up,’’ he
said

Engineering staff spent some
time working out the various
lighting sequences that will be in
effect at different times at the in-
tersection.

The lights will be traffic ac-
tivated and when al! corners have
vehicles at them, a predetermined
cycle will go into effect.

Alternate cycles will be in use
when the intersection is not ‘fully
loaded.””

Bridgman said the new traffic
lights will speed things up during
rush-hour periods and instill more
of a sense of safety during the
quiet night-time hours when
drivers have a tendency to “drift
through’’ the intersection. But
somewhat more of a delay may be
noticed at other times of the day.

“There will also be'a significant
improvement in safety for the pe-
destrian,”’ said Bridgman, noting
thar some of the signals are button
activated for those on foot.

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NEWS photo Tom Burley

A SENSE of order has come to the intersection of 23rd Street, Jones
Avenue and Larson Road with the activation of the new set of traffic
lights,

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