For all the commotion raised when the issue first became public last December, Truro town council's recent decision to restrict vehicle access to the top of Wood Street by relocating a gate about 300 metes down the hill met with little fanfare.
That's probably just the way council wanted it, too, considering the media circus generated when the issue came up for discussion at its Jan. 4 monthly meeting.
At that time, the focus centered around a Truro Daily News interview with Mayor Bill Mills who described the area as, in part, a gay pickup spot.
This, of course, produced charges of homophobia, the annoyance factor of neighbourhood residents putting up with cars driving up and down the hill at all hours of the day and night driven almost completely into the background.
Coincidentally or not, the decision got delayed. And delayed some more.
Initially, it was to allow municipal staff more time to investigate parking concerns and related issues for hikers and cross-country skiers who use that part of the park. Later, it was to allow an architect time to prepare a report.
At least that was the official line.
In the meantime, the issue fell off the radar of provincial media outlets who, apparently, have better things to do then attend every Truro town council meeting.
Finally, six months after the January meeting, the verdict is in. Wood Street will soon have a gate to the south of the Wood Street Centre and the parking lot for a lookoff that, hopefully, will be completed by early fall.
It will be closed at dusk and opend in the morning and we're fairly confident that the world won't end as a result.
We think council has made the right decision on this matter. And if, as some will charge, it only drives whatever activity goes on atop Wood Street elsewhere, we say that's OK. Just be sure to take it a more remote location that doesn't bother the neighbours.
