Jorge Barrera
Northern News Services

Yellowknife (Nov 07/01) - City councillors want a stoplight at the corner of Borden Dr. and Old Airport Road.

They want the city's public works department to come up with an immediate solution to slow down traffic.

Coun. Dave Ramsay put the issue on the agenda.

Max Hall, senior city administrator, said the department would monitor and study the situation some more.

He said a previous traffic study concluded the corner didn't need lights.

The study was done by a southern engineering firm hired by Canadian Tire.

The city doesn't need any more studies but it needs the lights now, said Ramsay.

"I don't know how many more studies we need," he said.

"It would make sense to put lights there."

Councillors McCann and Woytuik said they'd like to see the city put in a stoplight on that corner in the summer.

Greg Kehoe, the city's director of public works, said his department wasn't planning on putting up a stoplight there this summer or putting up anything temporary to slow down traffic.

"We are not going to put something temporary. We are going to do a field check," said Kehoe, who noted his department would soon be giving their recommendations on the matter to council.

Andrea Dungey lives on Magrum Cres. and drives down Borden Dr. every day to work at Force One on Old Airport Rd. She believes the corner needs a stoplight.

"You're sitting there waiting and waiting for traffic so you can get on Old Airport Rd. to get to work and off Old Airport Rd. to go home," said Dungey.

Councillors suggested the city put in a temporary stoplight or a three-way stop until the summer.