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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 CHARLES BERLINGUETTE DÉMISSIONE La Cité de Clarence-Rockland a annoncé que le conseiller Charles Berlinguette, du quartier 4, a donné sa démission et qu’elle entrait en vigueur le 28 juin 2018. Son siège sera déclaré vacant lors de la prochaine rencontre du conseil le 13 août. M. Berlinguette avait déjà annoncé au journal Vision qu’il n’avait pas l’intention de se représenter comme candidat lors de prochaines élections municipales en octobre. INTERDICTION DE FEU Le Service des incendies Clarence- Rockland a imposé une interdiction de feu à ciel ouvert dans l’ensemble de la municipalité. Cela a commencé le 28 juin et sera en place jusqu’à avis du contraire.
STOP LIGHTS PLANNED FOR WENDOVER
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Soon, motorists won’t be speeding past Wendover anymore. There will be a new set of traffic lights at the intersection of County Roads 17 and 19 before the end of the year. United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) council accepted a recommendation from its public works committee to have stop-and-go traffic lights installed where County Road 17 intersects with County Road 19, leading into the heart of the Village of 8FOEPWFS8IFUIFSUIBUBMTPNFBOTSFNPWBM of the current 70-kilometre speed limit for that section of County 17 is unknown. “It will have to go back to council,” said
Il y aura de nouveaux feux de circulation à l’intersection des routes de comté 17 et 19 avant la fin de l’année. Le conseil des comtés devra aussi décider s’il y a lieu de ramener la limite de vitesse actuelle de 70 km/h, le long de cette section,
à 90 km/h. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
Marc Clermont, UCPR public works Director, regarding removal of the 70kph speed limit reduction. &BSMJFS UIJT ZFBS DPVOUJFT DPVODJM BQ - proved reducing the speed limit along the 8FOEPWFSQPSUJPOPG$PVOUZ3PBEJO response to public worries about traffic safety and the number of accidents which have taken place along that section of the highway. Since then, Clermont noted during an interview that the UCPR have received complaints about the speed limit reduction, including an online petition. The UCPR have
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Clermont noted that 70kph speed limit along the Wendover section of County Road 17 reduces the average amount of travel time along the route by about one minute at most. There are still concerns about traffic safety at the intersection.
also received more calls to keep the 70kph speed limit for that section and not return it to the original 90kph limit. In a report to the public works commit- tee, Clermont noted that 70kph speed limit BMPOHUIF8FOEPWFSTFDUJPOPG$PVOUZ3PBE 17 reduces the average amount of travel time along the route by about one minute at most. There are still concerns about traffic safety at the intersection, especially during inclement weather situations like heavy fog, when visibility is reduced. The 2018 UCPR works budget includes $225,000 for creating new turning lanes for the County 17/County 19 intersection. Clermont noted that amount would pay for the cost instead of setting up a stop-and-go traffic light, and would address the traffic safety issue and reduce the need for new turning lanes. i8FDPVMEIBWFFWFSZUIJOHEPOFCZMBUF fall,” Clermont said.
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