Kensington concerned about traffic lights

Kensington town council is concerned about the status of the traffic lights at the community’s main crossroads. The issue came up at Monday night’s council meeting. The intersection in question is one of the busiest in the province in the summertime. It consists of two sections of Route 2, Victoria Street East, Broadway Street North and is adjoined by Garden Drive and Woodleigh Drive. Around Christmas 2017, there was a crash at the intersection that left one of the poles on the ground. The damage was repaired, but residents have complained ever since of unusual traffic signal lengths and turn signals failing to activate, which has caused traffic backups. The pedestrian walk signals are also unusually short, to the point where one councillor said he has to jog to get across before they turn. The town’s chief administrative officer, Geoff Baker, and Kensington Police Chief Lewie Sutherland have received complaints from the public about the lights and have separately been in discussion with the province to have them adjusted. Sutherland noted that while the traffic lights are an inconvenience, he is more concerned about the pedestrian signals as a potential safety hazard. A daycare operator recently approached him to say she could no longer take her children through the intersection because the walk light is not long enough to get them all across. The provincial government has told the town they are aware of the issue and will send someone to look into it as soon as possible.