The crosswalk between The Buckhorn Community Centre and the Buckhorn Public School should be a high-use crosswalk, but it isn’t. Many people park at The BCC and walk to and from the school every weekday, often with their children, so it makes sense that there should be a pedestrian crosswalk between the two places. However, a site visit by CATTL revealed that NO ONE uses this crosswalk. The tipped over pylon in the photo is telling of why that is; the pylon alerts would-be users of the crosswalk to the safety issue that the crosswalk ends at a ditch without any connection to the school. CATTL has nominated this crosswalk in CAA’s Worst Roads in Ontario campaign, as an “unsafe crosswalk”. The CAA Worst Roads in Ontario vote draws attention to road safety issues for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. Please go to the CAA website and cast your manual vote for the Lakehurst Road county road 37 Trent Lakes unsafe crosswalk as the worst in Ontario. In future posts, we will share the story of CATTL’s plan to make this crosswalk convenient and increase the safety of citizens crossing county road 37 in Trent Lakes.
Citizens for Alternative Transportation in Trent Lakes (CATTL) 