Former Citizen of the Year Wanda Tiller has volunteered with everyone from the school crossing guards to the Frosty Festival and is now running for council. Submitted photo
By Mark Squibb
Folks in Mount Pearl are seeing the light — although the light has come in slightly overbudget.
Council set aside $250,000 this year to install lights along the City’s portion of the T’Railway.
The light poles were installed this past spring, and council was billed for the work earlier this summer. All told, the Grand Concourse Authority charged some $282,914— about $32,000 more than budgeted.
Director Jason Collins explained that some extra lights had to be ordered for the project, resulting in a cost overrun.
The City also earmarked $250,000 in Budget 2025 to improve the T’Railway crossing at Commonwealth Avenue.
Those upgrades will include pedestrian-activated traffic signals, crosswalk realignment, and a raised median island in the centre of Commonwealth Avenue. Drivers will also no longer be able to turn left onto Commonwealth from Glendale Avenue.
Though budgeted, the work has not been tendered so the exact cost has yet to be determined.