The traffic light and crosswalk signals that went out on the first day of school for Beacon City School District kids at the intersection of Mattaewan and Verplanck, which is where cars cross for pickup and drop-off for Middle and High School, was fixed after 9 days. During that time, the City of Beacon Police Department was at the intersection intermittently to aid traffic during pickup and drop-off.

Who is responsible for fixing the traffic lights in Beacon? Beacon’s City Administrator Chris White explained to ALBB, which included why he said the repair took so long:

“The City has a contract with an electrician who repairs traffic lights when they malfunction. When this light stopped working properly, they investigated and required a new part for the control panel, which has been ordered. Until the part comes in and the light repaired, a police officer or highway department staff will serve as a crossing guard for the intersection during the morning and afternoon peaks for school traffic.”

To read about what it was like discovering the traffic light was broken during the high pique of traffic, read this poem, "Double Red Light Broken :: A Morning Of Kid Drop-off On Repeat, Until..."