{"id":8308,"date":"2025-02-13T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:42:55","slug":"region-to-do-traffic-study-at-main-and-market-intersection-in-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/02\/13\/region-to-do-traffic-study-at-main-and-market-intersection-in-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Region to do traffic study at Main and Market intersection in Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Main and Market intersection in downtown Liverpool will be the subject of a traffic study by CBCL. (Rick Conrad file photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Region of Queens will spend about $24,000 to do a traffic study of a downtown Liverpool intersection that has seen its share of collisions and close calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last January, a 79-year-old woman<\/a> was taken to hospital after being struck in the crosswalk at the intersection of Main and Market streets.<\/span><\/p>\n

That reignited concern in the community about safety at the three-way stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Grant, the region\u2019s director of infrastructure, told council this week the intersection regularly has peak traffic volumes of 200 to 250 vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGoing back over the last year, we had lots of conversations regarding this intersection<\/a>. Council’s concerns over the safety of it to pedestrian and motorists alike. We’ve been back and forth a few different times with reports, different analysis, different investigation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The previous council asked on Oct. 8 to issue a call for proposals for a traffic study of the area.<\/p>\n

Grant said engineering firm CBCL could begin that work as early as Feb. 17. It will include looking at this intersection and others nearby, and installing cameras to monitor traffic and pedestrian movement. The firm will also interview pedestrians and motorists and use modelling software, and itt will look at projected traffic loads in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said it will be a broader study than one the region commissioned in 2015 from Insight Traffic Engineering<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coun. Maddie Charlton said that many of the incidents seem to occur in one particular crosswalk, which runs from the post office to Five Girls Baking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been numerous pedestrians struck on one crosswalk in particular in this area with the most recent being the worst. Luckily, the woman who was struck survive. But it is an ongoing issue, and … although there haven’t been an insane amount of pedestrians hit, I think one is too many. And so we need to address that.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m uncertain about this study in one sense, because I don’t know if it’s going to solve the problem that we want it to solve. … I’m curious why we couldn’t just remove that crosswalk in that specific area, given that there are other substantial crosswalks in that area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant said he\u2019s not a traffic expert and he\u2019s unsure whether that would be the best solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m by far a traffic expert and I think that this study is a good investment to assure that we have a path forward to provide the paramount safety at that intersection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery leg of an intersection is considered a crosswalk. Where you have increased pedestrian movement, you delineate that by putting a sign up or painting it. I’m not aware of anywhere that would have a prohibited crosswalk from occurring. So I think to do something like that, we need to to go beyond who we have in this room to make that decision (and) provide some advice and do it cautiously to make sure that we’re getting the right solution, trying to solve the problem we understand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In his report, Grant detailed 36 reported incidents<\/a> in the area from 2009 to 2024, according to information provided by the Nova Scotia government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five of those involved pedestrians being hit by cars in the crosswalk. Other pedestrians have reported or witnessed near-collisions at that intersection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant said the main focus of the study will be how to improve pedestrian safety in that intersection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor Scott Christian said he understands Charlton\u2019s desire to address the issue as quickly as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly we want to be well informed with respect to making the decisions, certainly don’t want to drag our feet on it. I know that this was something that was batted about a bit in the past, and it is a priority concern to be addressed for public safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The study will be funded from the region\u2019s accumulated surplus of $6 million. Grant said the company could report back to council as early as May.<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to an audio version of this story below<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trafficstudyfeb1225.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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