Dearborn City officials are urging MDOT to keep the traffic signal at Fordson and Telegraph operational.

Area residents upset that the traffic signal at Telegraph and Fordson may soon be removed received some good news Tuesday night in the form of a motion passed by the Dearborn city council that urges the Michigan Department of Transportation to keep the signal operational.

The suggestion to pass such a resolution was made by Dearborn Mayor John “Jack” O’Reilly, Jr.  The mayor said the city should go on the record to inform MDOT that given the high vehicle speeds on Telegraph, the multiple roads that tie into this area of roadway and the dangerous line of sight issue, the traffic signal should remain.

Councilwoman Suzanne Sareini made the actual motion, with support from Councilman Doug Thomas, and the resolution was unanimously passed. We’ve written here multiple times about this signal and the need to keep it in place, something nearly all residents in the area support. For our earlier story, click HERE.

While the council’s adoption of the resolution doesn’t guarantee that the signal will remain, the council’s actions,  along with a Dearborn police recommendation to keep the traffic light for safety concerns, does ratchet up the pressure on MDOT to keep the signal in place. 

A decision by the state on whether the light will remain will be made by mid-March.

Below is a video report on the same topic by Dearborn Councilman Doug Thomas.