Safety review incoming after Bridgeland neighbourhood sign loses another letter
Global News
The sign, in the northeast community of Bridgeland, has taken a couple hits over the last year which has resulted in two missing letters.
A sign marking the entrance to Bridgeland is down another letter, and the incident has prompted the City of Calgary to step in to assess traffic safety in the area.
A crash during Friday’s snowstorm demolished the ‘N’ on the Hollywood-inspired sign, but the driver fled the scene.
Calgary Police said it is investigating the incident and they haven’t found any suspects.
It was an eerily similar scene last April when a vehicle jumped the curb and brought down the ‘D’; the hit-and-run resulted in charges against the driver.
The shrinking sign, at the intersection of Memorial Drive and 9 Street N.E., has become the butt of many jokes about the neighbourhood’s name.
“We now refer to the neighbourhood as Bridgla instead of Bridgeland,” Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association president Alex MacWilliam told Global News.
Now the focus has shifted from just fixing the memorable sign to making the entire area safer for the people who walk there.
MacWilliam said pedestrian safety is a concern at the intersection with many people walking back and forth to the LRT station, several apartment buildings, and a nearby daycare.