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Parishioners urge keeping Columbia-Lagonda signal; city explains phased removal process
Summary
Parishioners and volunteers asked the commission to retain a traffic signal near St. Bernard's, citing visibility and safety concerns; the city's service director said signals undergo a 90-day flash followed by a 60-day stop-sign period and that the intersection had reached the study stage with signage and traffic counts recorded.
A parish volunteer and frequent neighborhood observer urged the commission to halt plans to remove the traffic signal at Columbia and Lagonda Avenue, saying sight-line problems and heavy truck traffic make the intersection hazardous for churchgoers and children.
"You cannot see the traffic coming from Main Street," Diah Wolford told the commission, describing…
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