Queens councillors nix crosswalk flags, want info on traffic lights at troublesome three-way stop
Queens County pedestrians and motorists won’t see orange crosswalk flags at a busy intersection in downtown Liverpool, but they could see a return of traffic lights.
Region of Queens councillors on Tuesday voted against installing the flags at the three-way stop at Main and Market streets. But they did support getting a staff report on having full traffic lights at that intersection.
The area did have traffic lights decades ago, until they were damaged by a transport truck, and taken down.
Safety concerns have long been an issue at Main and Market streets. In 2015, regional councillors commissioned a study by Insight Traffic Engineering that found traffic control wasn’t an issue and recommended minor changes.
In 2019, councillors rejected installing pedestrian-controlled crosswalk lights at a cost of $27,000.
But a collision in January which sent a 79-year-old woman to hospital rekindled concern in the community about safety at that intersection.
