The construction work being done by Hydro One at the extreme south end of Bennington Heights has been chronicled on a local website, rudy.ca. It’s run by Rudy, naturally, and in this case his extensive labours have yielded information of very considerable interest. The most visible and perhaps contentious aspect of this work is the set of traffic lights installed on the Bayview extension south of Moore. The project requires the removal of 1920s era tension towers (inset) along the CPR main line and their replacement. It’s a job that Hydro One has estimated will take about three years. Hence the air of doubt as to whether these lights may properly be called temporary. It’s a fact however that they are not intended to be there after the work is done. They are there to allow Hydro vehicles to come and go safely. Local residents received a circular from Hydro One in September announcing the work. It was added to the website of Councillor Parker. But information given to the local homeowners has been generally unknown to the tens of thousands of motorists who make their way up and down the extension every day. Some have offered rather tart commentary (see post below) on the odd placement of the traffic lights.
