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',,Upgrades coming to major intersection south of town By JASON MISNER The Champion A section of Bronte Road (also called Regional Road 25) in Pales-mo will undergo traffic improvements in response to the vehicular death of the Halton Sikh Cultural Association's beloved founder two montha ago., And the association says it will keep a close eye on the changes to ensure they're wos-king. "We're hopeful the changes will make some difference, we will watch it very closely," association trustee Piara Singh Roshan told The Champion. Halton's Sikh community is stili moum-ing the death of Tarsem Singh Sian, 63, Mr. Roshan said. MW. Sian was killed in an accident Octobe- 25 outaide the Halton Gurdwara on Bronte Road, south of Dundas Street (Regional Road 5). "TMe loss we have suffered is so great."1 Regional Road 25 is a vital north-south roadway linking Oakville and Milton. Thousands of drivers use it daily to move back and forth between both municipal- ities, as well as to get to the QEW. Halton Region, which owns dhe busy roadway, approved $10,000 worth of safety improvements, at Wednesday's regional council meeting. T'hey include: -Reducing the speed limit to 60 km/h from south of Hwy. 407 through to past the Halton Region headquarters. That has already been done. -Installing two waming signa. The top pasrt of tse sign will have a flashing light with the words, "Places of Worship" and a amaller sign undernesth will read, "Vehicles Tuming." They as-e expected to be put up in January. -Road markings was-ing of left- hand tums into Halton Gurdwara for vehicles travelling southbound along that portion of Bronte Road. (There' s no exclusive tuming lane). That has already been done. Also, Halton Regional Police wiil be asked to increase traffie enforcement in conjunction with Use new speed limit. "We are a little relieved to see some changes coming," Ms-. Roshan said. Ms-. Sian, 63, of Creekside Drive in Oakville, was killed while mak- ing a left tumn into Use Halton Gurdwa-a on Bronte Road just south of Dundas Street. Hlis Toyota was struck from behind by a Honda. The Toyota was forced into the oncoming northbound lane where it was tsuck head-on by a northbound cube van. Ms-. Sian, a retired civil design engmneer with Ontario Hydro, founded Use Oakviile Sikh Cultural Association in Novembe- 1979. hn 1999 it became known as Use Halton Sikh Cultural Association. Ms-. Sian leaves behind a wife and four adult children. The Halton Sikh Cultural Association had s-equested the Region mnstall a dedicated left-turn- ing lane. Halton taffic experts looked into Use request - which would have cost between $200,000 and $250,000 if implemented - and found Use number of vehicles tus- ing left mnto Halton Gurdwara did- n't warrant such a tuming lane. Also, a report to councillors detailmng Use Bronte Road traffic improvements stases Use collision history between Westoak Trait Boulevard and Dundas Street is low, with eight repos-ted accidents between 1998 and 2002. Two of Use accidents as-e related to turning into Halton Gurdwara, but Use fig- ures don't meclude Use recent acci- dent Usat killed Mr-. Sian. -There isn't a safety issue in Use ares," said Ed Soldo, manager of Use Halton's tr-ansportation servic- es. "(The improvements) are an added measure to feel safe turning into Use site." Meanwbile, Use expectation is traffie arotmd Halton Gurdwara will improve wben Use Region ulti- mately completes construction of a bypass road west of Pales-mo. Jason Misner can be reached a- jmisner@mil-oncanadianchampi- on.com. -r *.e RING IN AND WINV" Swflnner JoRoncon S Cras CulSes Jsse Roncss Bob Fs gusso New Car Manager W sse Sales .YOD COULO WIN %YOUR VEHICLE! It's timne agair you can actually WVINYOURVEHICLE, or * Up to $ 10,000 off the lease or purchase of virtually new 2003 or 2004 vehicle. PLUS pec 32 rot treet 5. * Wflne UaKS Plaza M,».-Thur. 830u,-p a 55555 1V\1 A 0R 1, 4Lý1 Frid.y 8:30 a m ___________________________________ R&A M 9u~t~Ïb u~u3Saturday 8:30a Spm. P.05 L0~ 905-8'75-0303 sunday 9.00 am-ý 5 DUp<C PM PNTIC BUCK CADLLA a MC -PONIAC BUCKI