The Camilla Women's Institute has suggested a number of possible remedies for the "hazardous conditions at the intersection of Highway 10 and the Mono Centre Road."

The principal hazard cited by the ladies in an e-mailed letter to Mono Council was the visibility southward from the Camilla intersection.

"At night it is very difficult to turn south onto Highway 10 from the Mono Centre Road. One can only see two car lengths of the traffic coming from the south on Highway 10. The cars come up the hill very quickly, and are not visible to the driver trying to make the turn south," says the letter signed by CWI past president Joan Brailey.

Their request is for traffic lights. Failing that, "if traffic lights are not feasible, we strongly recommend that more lighting be placed at the corner.

"At the very least, visible markers are needed for the edges of the road."

The intersection currently has only two municipal street lights, no flashing amber signal and no speed reduction from the standard 80 km/h on the highway.

Deputy Mayor David Baldwin was "sympathetic" to the concerns.

He said he finds it difficult and dangerous to turn left from Mono Centre Road into Highway 10, especially at night. Coming west on Mono Centre Road, there's virtually no visibility of northbound traffic coming over the hill to the south on Highway 10.

Northbound traffic on Highway 10 is equally imperilled, as those drivers can't see the traffic at the intersection until they are a few car lengths from it.

Councillor Ken McGhee, who has to turn right at the intersection on his way home from council, said he just tramps on the gas pedal "and hopes for the best."

Mr. Baldwin said some people are concerned that the increase of traffic from development of a subdivision at Camilla will make conditions even worse at the intersection.

Asked about collisions at Camilla, Road Superintendent Wayne Reid said there had been five fender benders in the past five years.

"I should have thought there would have been more," said Mr. Baldwin.

Apparently the statistics on accidents had come from the MTO.

While the issue was under discussion, Mr. Reid was awaiting an e-mail from the ministry "before 11." It hadn't arrived when the meeting adjourned at about 11:20 a.m.

But that was no surprise. Turns out the ministry has not responded to requests for controls since about 2005.

In other traffic control business, Mr. Baldwin wondered if the town could install more lighting at 10 Sideroad and Highway 10 as, he said, the left turning lane promised by the ministry would not be adequate without good lighting at the demonstrably dangerous corner.

Mr. Reid said that would be possible, but the town would have to maintain the lighting and have it inspected annually to the satisfaction of MTO, which installs and maintains its own lighting on some highways, notably Highway 9 in Orangeville and east of Mono Mills.