P.E.I. cashes first of two cheques

Kensington town councillors are concerned about the status of the traffic lights at the community’s main crossroads.

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 and Woodleigh drives.

There was a crash at the intersection around Christmas 2017 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

The federal government has delivered the first of two $8.25 million installments of gas tax funding to P.E.I.

The province will receive a total of $16.5 million this year through the fund.

The Gas Tax Fund is a longterm, indexed source of funding that supports local infrastructure projects across the province each year.

In Abram-Village, the fund will support the construction of new sidewalks, storm drains and ditches to increase pedestrian safety.

Souris multi-use plans to build a cultural building for 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 it is aware of the issue and will send someone to look into it as soon as possible. residents of surrounding communities. It will include a public library, space for an early childhood development organization and space for theatrical and community events.

North Rustico will use their dollars to develop a fully serviced subdivision for single family homes, affordable housing, senior assisted-living facilities and green recreational spaces.

Tignish will replace 785 metres of sewer mains to improve wastewater infrastructure in the town.

These are just four of the 74 communities to receive funding.

Kensington town councillors are fed up with people remarking on the town’s apparent inability to tell time.

A large multi-sided clock installed along the community’s rail station boardwalk has been having mechanical trouble for a while, consistently showing the wrong time.

The clock was installed in the 1990s and has been a source of annoyance for town staff almost from the beginning, requiring multiple repairs.

The latest maintenance only lasted a few weeks before the time piece went on the fritz again.

In doing research on the problem, town staff discovered the type of clock was not meant to be installed outdoors and are designed to be used in a mall or other spacious indoor location out of the weather.

It was decided during Monday’s council meeting to remove the clock until an appropriate replacement can be secured.