New Intersection lights for St. Clair Missouri?
I can remember not so long ago, St. Clair, Missouri had no intersection lights in the town… at all! You know your town is REALLY small if there are no intersection lights at all. Heck, I remember when we didn’t have a McDonald’s and had to travel to Washington if you wanted a Happy Meal! Anyway, the lack of lights represented a small piece of the ongoing joke about how small we are. Well, that will be changing with the addition of a third (that’s right… I said third) light at the intersection of Bardot and Hwy 30, right in front of the Wonder Bread. This intersection needed a stoplight for many years, as the intersection is extremely busy during the morning and afternoon school rush. It should eliminate the need for an intersection crossing guard, freeing him up to do other things for the school district (thank you for your fine service for all these years by-the-way!), and make traffic run more smoothly with the addition of turning lanes.
Now if you’re not from St. Clair, you’ve probably already gotten a chuckle from this blog post. Is this guy serious?!! Heck yeah I am! I’ve lived in this town my whole life and I’m beginning to see progress. Progress is a measure of success. I’ve never met our Mayor, Ron Blum, but he and his administration have impressed me so far. They have a LOT of work left to do, but if they continue at this pace and truly listen to the citizens of St. Clair, Missouri… this is one guy who will count them as successful.
Three lights people! All red, yellow, and green greatness! They have been sitting for several weeks though, so I hope they get those blinking traffic wonders standing really soon! Where would be another great intersection for some much needed lights?
Ah, I remember back when I had an accident there, late in 1987 I think. I was on my way to a band concert in which I was playing the saxaphone. My girlfriend was in the car, I was coming up the hill, and a lady who lived in Washington pulled out in front of me. We were all ok. When I asked her why she pulled out in front of me, she responded, “Didn’t you have a light?”, meaning “shouldn’t I have stopped for the red”, haha!
We’d been told that if we were late for the concert, do not show up at all. One of the local officers came in and explained why I was tardy for the warm-up. It didn’t spare me the dirty looks, but hey, it was fun!