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A temporary traffic signal installed on the west leg of Hamilton’s Sherman Access has drivers seeing red.

The lights were set up to allow a single lane of traffic to pass up and down the escarpment after the access was reduced to one lane for repairs.

According to the city, the lights are supposed to be downbound between 6:50 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. during the week and upbound between 3:50 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. But drivers heading down the access during the morning commute this week, were left confused when they approach a red light signal.

Sharon Roszel has lived on the Hamilton Mountain for most of her life and uses the access daily. She says she saw a number of drivers disregarding the light. “The traffic was going straight through the red light. I had stopped but other traffic had not stopped,” she said. ““It’s very confusing. It’s not clear at all.”

The city says it’s been aware of the problem since Tuesday and has been trying to fix it.

“They started to adjust the signal time. That wasn’t working. So, they began looking at the location of the signal.”

The city has since learned that the signals, which they say are rented, are wired so that the lights have to turn red at least once every 255 seconds and that’s the best they can do. They say tomorrow they can keep the downward bound light green for just under 4 and a half minutes at a go but then it will have to turn red for 10 seconds. Drivers making the morning commute will have to live with that for awhile.

The lights are supposed to be in place for the next couple of months while repairs to that section of the access are completed..