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2 -The CnadiArCha6iio, Tuesda'y. Septeniber 5,'2066 EXTRA! EXTRA! M HSTORICA SALS EVENT UNDERWAY AT:ILmaCRYSLER ~Speed limit §~on Lower *LL Base Line dropped for now By IRENE GENTLE The Champion Residents of Lower Base Line recently waged a successful baffle P against noisy trucks. And earlier tisis week they scored a vic- tory againat Iead-footed commutera as well. Special circumnstances in the form of tise closed Hwy. 403 access on Trafalgar Road promptedl town council to temporarily drop tise posted speed Erm 70 kmns/h ta 60 kms/s on Lower Base Lion August 28. Tise speed wiil be reviewed wisen the new Hwy. 407 opens, returning traffic to thc isigisway systcm. Tise Hwy. 403 ramp closuoe tumed tie -once quiet Lower Base Line into an embattled neighboursood, wits tise distur- bance being double-barreled. Initially, noisy gravel trucks supplying tise construction began using tise road at ail hours of tise day. A truck ban inslated by tise Town managed to case tisat situation. But now commutera flying down tise road in an attcmpt to reacs Trafalgar Road are creating a wisole ncw isazard, resident Roger Beck toid counicil. -He asked tisat tise posted speed be reduced to 60 km/s until tise isigisway access resumes. 'l'in not saying thc commutera along Lower Base Line are doing wicked, cvii tisings. Tisey're just driving in tie manner Ontario drivera do," ise said. 'But by low- ering thc speed limit, Uic incentive to drive at Uic extreme outer end of tise speed limit will be lowered." Measurements disputed Speed measurements taken by tise Town, wisicis clocked Uic average driver ai a tortoise-like 52 kms/s, were disputed isy Mr. Beck. Those measurements sisowed a 75 per cent compliance with tise posted speed, wisicis isad been reduced from 80 kms/isin 199 1. "We isave reason to believe Uic counter was placed relatively close ta Uic ligists ai Trafalgar Road," said Mr. Beck. "Most of Uic traffic would be slowing down for Uic ligis, or making a tum, or acceierating after isaving made a tum. inm afraid Uic staff dais is just not credible, not reliable." For comparison, residents recently gaUi- ered Uieir own data witis a radar gun. it measured eastbound traffic on one day between 7 ta 7:30 arn., and westbound traffic between 4:30 to 5 p.m. Tise resuits put Uic median speed at 76.5 km/s in Uic moming, and 80.5 km/s in Uic aftemnoon. Compliance witis tise posted speed was found ta be ai 8 and 9 per cent oespectively. "Tisis is a deats trap. It's an accident IN waiting ta isappen," said Mr. Beck. "I cas assure you tisis is a very ugly situation * wsiting ta isappen." His dlaims were backed up by fellow resident Stan Jaikaitis. "Safety is s genuine cancem," be ssid. * "You simply cannot wslk on tisat rosd anymare. You're taking your life in your isands." A vote ta drap tise speed limit passed 1111111