Traffic light blues in Sylmar

On the Sylmar Neighborhood Council's Web site, there's an item about a stop signal that's been under construction for more than a year.

The signal, at the intersection of Foothill and Yarnell, has not been activated because the original wiring is obsolete and needs to be replaced.

Construction has been further bogged down because of challenges meeting ADA compliance requirements, said Matt Laufer, neighborhood council board member.

Quoting the Web site brief, "It appears the signal could not be turned on until there was a crosswalk, which could not be painted until there was a curb cut, which could not be done for lack of a curb and ADA compliant sidewalk. The signal was required by the developer of the Cascades in order to mitigate resulting traffic. The City Engineer and the DWP are addressing the non-ADA-compliance issues and the corner will be re-constructed."