Comment 103538

By 2bhonest (registered) | Posted July 26, 2014 at 12:19:38

My concern is that traffic on Charlton is of such a high enough volume, the city will not do much more than speed bumps, regardless of this tragic death. There is no way they will allow a pedestrian activated traffic signal at the busy and popular 'rail trail' junction! The train crossing already irritates drivers enough that many of them do u-turns in search of another route when the barriers are down. Charlton Street is a main lower city/mountain access road and sadly in Hamilton, cars take precedence over pedestrians.

The 'proposed' condo development of three 6 storey buildings (On Charlton Street East between Wentworth and Victoria, overlooking the rail trail) will total 153 units and be allocated with only 158 parking spaces. This means more traffic and maybe more pedestrians of all ages. Even though this stretch is certainly not pedestrian friendly, the developer is citing the location as being close to public transit.

Search "planning justification report 467 charlton avenue east hamilton" to read this development proposal.

Access to the closest bus stop for these residents would include walking down Charlton right into this pedestrian danger zone, then they would have to cross the train track and continue walking down Wentworth to Stinson. Not a selling point for anyone considering pedestrian safety or saying 'no' to car ownership.

There is a public meeting at city hall regarding this development. August 12th - 9:30 am. Apart from the blight on the escarpment, the traffic issues on Charlton need to be assessed before 158 more cars add to the pedestrian danger. Zoe Nudell paid with her young life and that is already one too many.

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