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I was able to take a PERFECT photo Friday morning to depict the nightmare Derby (and perhaps Ansonia) has created by not re-configuring the intersection of Wakelee and Division before the new Route 8 on ramp opened.

I’ve heard that Griffin wouldn’t sell land needed (which should have then been taken by eminent domain) but it will just be a matter of time, especially this winter, before a vehicle is struck and someone seriously hurt or killed because of this lack of foresight.

Here we have it. I am at the stop sign on Division. I have FIVE cars behind me. You can see two of the three cars waiting for their turn at the top sign to my right. There are cars coming from my left also AND to top off the nightmare I can’t move forward because the tiny cue between my stop sign and the signal is not large enough to fit the necessary number of vehicles.

So, I get to back up Division Street until there is space for me to move through the intersection unless I wish to sit in the middle of it risking an almost certain accident.
This mess occurs mostly in the morning and evening rush hours periods.

We can spend lots of money laying brick crosswalks and I guess on upcoming legal fees when someone is hit because these cities dropped the ball but not to take necessary land and pay to re-design this intersection.

I trust people are already working on a solution…