A Brigden resident has launched a petition to address frequent accidents at two intersections on Courtright Line.
Kailey Dalgety started the petition back on Thanksgiving Monday, following a three-vehicle collision that occurred at Courtright Line and Mandaumin Road over the long weekend.
Dalgety’s spouse, a volunteer firefighter for the last 20 years, has often been called to Mandaumin Road and Courtright Line and to Kimball Sideroad and Courtright Line.
“In the last six years or so since we've moved here, he has responded to more than a handful of fatalities at those two intersections personally,” Dalgety tells The Journal. “And that's just fatalities. There's lots more accidents that result in serious injuries that aren't necessarily accounted for.”
Currently, the Change.org petition has over 2,300 signatures in almost two weeks.
Dalgety hopes the sheer amount of signatures will help the County council see the need for either traffic lights, four-way stops, rumble strips, or a roundabout.
“My first suggestion is a roundabout because they are proven to reduce fatalities by 90 percent and accidents by 75 percent,” explains Dalgety, adding that roundabouts usually require drivers to slow down to do the turns. The slower speeds and circular shape reduce the likelihood of an angle or T-bone collision which habitually happens at intersections.
Dalgety has been in contact with St. Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar about the petition and has requested statistical information about the two intersections from the last ten years. She is planning to bring this information forward at the next County council meeting.
In addition to signing the petition, Dalgety suggests emailing County council members.
“The more people that raise their voices about this issue and contact the decision makers, the more seriously they're going to take it,” she adds.