It’s been just better than two years since a second set of community traffic lights was announced by Niverville’s town council.
Mayor Myron Dyck now says that the pole and traffic signal, slated to be erected at the corner of Mulberry and Highway 311, has been received by Tri-Star Traffic, the contractor for the installation.
Based on Dyck’s understanding, the traffic light, ordered by the province from an oversees supplier, has been slow in coming due to supply chain issues. Now that it’s finally on Manitoba soil, the timing of its installation will be up to the installer.
It could happen as early as this month, or a couple of months from now, Dyck says.
The traffic light’s electric controllers were installed at the same time that the new intersection at Mulberry was created during road repairs last summer.
Once the final components are scheduled for installation, the work should be quick to complete.
“It usually takes a day or two [to install] based on what I’ve seen at other sites,” Dyck says.
The new traffic light will also mean a safer crossing for pedestrians at this busy corner. It is, in fact, a crossing used almost daily by Niverville High School students as they access the many businesses along Drovers Run.
The flashing crosswalk light that currently directs pedestrian traffic at Mulberry will then make its way to the corner of Hampton Drive and Fifth Avenue South, where it will assist pedestrians with a safer passage into Hespeler Park.
