The Citizen, 2005-03-10, Page 25THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005. PAGE 25.
County councillors grumble over rumble strips
By Keith Roulston
Citizen publisher
A proposed policy to permit
replacement of noisy rumble strips
with quieter strips if local residents
partially pay the cost was defeated at
the March meeting of Huron County
council.
Mike Alcock, engineering
technician with the road department
explained that most rumble strips in
the county are raised above the
pavement but strips that are milled
into the road “are less annoying”.
The motion was in reaction to calls
from residents in the Dunlop area for
removal of rumble strips at the
junction of County Rd. 25 and Hwy.
2I. The group cited council’s earlier
decision to replace rumble strips at
St. Joseph and asked for the same
treatment.
“Does this open the door to going
back and milling out rumble strips
that still work?” wondered Rob
Morley, South Huron councillor. The
real issue is finding some way to
slow traffic down so the rumble
strips aren’t so noisy, he said.
But Bluewater councillor Paul
Klopp who had led the fight for St.
Joseph-area residents, said he’d
support people anywhere in the
county who wanted the strips
removed. Noting the Ministry of
Transportation doesn’t have rumble
strips at corners he claimed “I don’t
think there's a report anywhere that
says they save lives. We’ve bought
into the idea they’re the be-all and
end-all.”
Alcock said MTO has relatively
few stop signs within the provincial
road system so hadn't adopted a
rumble strip program.
South Huron councillor Ken Oke
said he's had calls from all over
including the U.S. about rumble
strips. “I definitely think it would be
a mistake to take them out,” he said.
“I definitely think rumble strips
should be on all local roads.”
Further, he felt the raised rumble
strips were more effective than the
milled strips used in Middlesex. If
the milled-in strips aren't done
properly you'll see traffic change
lanes to avoid them, he said.
County delays accepting tenders
With concerns mounting about the
size of the tax increase needed to
meet the budget, Huron County
councillors tabled a motion to award
$4.9 million in tenders for highway
improvements at their meeting
Thursday.
Although there had been some
money set aside from uncompleted
work from last year, councillors
In the long run the motion to allow
local residents to pay for two-third
of the cost to have the strips
removed was defeated.
were unsure how much of this work
was completing last year’s plan and
how much was new spending.
County engineer Don Pletch was not
at the meeting to answer their
questions.
Councillors voted to table the
motions for the tender until the
March 15 committee-of-the-whole
meeting.
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