Pedestrians on Hospital Hill will have to play Russian Roulette for another year as the city continues to review crossing safety on Highway 97 near Vernon Jubilee Hospital. City of Vernon Transportation Technician Amanda Watson says they are hoping to partner with UBCO to enlarge the scope of the project and look at how vehicles in the surrounding area are moving and parking. She says they have reports that several people are parking on one side of the highway and then crossing over to the hospital. She says, "It is thankful that there hasn't been any accidents at this location. People are concerned about vehicle speeds and the size of vehicles approaching them but the accident history is thankfully good at this location." Watson anticipates the review will be complete by the spring of 2012.
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Perhaps a lawn chair and some lemonade would be suggestion to the TT lady. She could spend a couple of days parked on the sidewalk viewing the crossing, which should be more than enough to complete a simpe review of this crossing.
Why is it that things are so obviious cause civil servants to go to great lengths to have costly studies?
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