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Traffic trouble stirs light debate: The idea of a traffic light in South Superior is nothing new. The site of North 58th Street and Tower Avenue has been batted around for years.

Superior Telegram (Superior, WI)

| November 17, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Superior Telegram. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Maria Lockwood

Nov. 17--The idea of a traffic light in South Superior is nothing new.

The site of North 58th Street and Tower Avenue has been batted around for years. Council President Dan Olson, however, hopes to succeed where a long line of South End councilors failed. "I want to take the safety aspect of it and push that forward, just like I did with the hockey helmets," said Olson, who was instrumental in developing a policy that requires helmets on city ice rinks. "There's some times that I feel we wait too long for an accident to happen rather than prevent an accident from happening." He wants to strike while the iron's hot and reintroduced the issue to the council Tuesday night. People in South Superior are buzzing over a recent "We the People" letter written by crossing guard Tom Cannon about a UPS truck parked illegally along the intersection of North 60th Street and Tower Avenue making the corner unsafe …

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