Streets Lights on Champlain Road

If you opposed to having street lights on Champlain Road

It would be helpful if we could get as many people as possible contacting Council before the December 14 meeting. Below is draft which might form the basis of such a letter or email, but please feel free to adapt it to reflect your own thoughts.

Your correspondence should be addressed to the Mayor and Members of Council at:

Township of Tiny c/o C.A.O./Clerk
130 Balm Beach Road West
Tiny, ON L0L 2J0
or
Email: council@tiny.ca

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Mayor and Members of Council
Township of Tiny c/o C.A.O./Clerk
130 Balm Beach Road West
Tiny, ON L0L 2J0
Email: council@tiny.ca



I strongly urge Council to reject the proposed installation of three (3) streetlights along Champlain Road.

One of the reasons many of us chose to live and vacation in Tiny is the rural nature of the area. We enjoy the clear night sky and the enjoyment of rural living without light pollution.

Champlain Road from Toanche to Kettle's Beach is well maintained with good signage and speed limits which err on the side of caution. Science does not support a popular belief that street lights reduce accidents or crime, and the Township's own research shows no history of incidents at the recommended locations. Science does show that artificial night light has an adverse impact on night life in the vicinity. New technology may well reduce, but does not eliminate, these impacts. And the costs of the proposed new lights appears to be understated if they were to conform to the Township Standards for street lighting which call for 7.5 metre precast concrete poles.



I ask that Council review the facts and adopt PublicWorks Report PWR-13-15 Option 1 (do nothing) during your 2016 budget deliberations.