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Calli Zapisocki wrote an English essay in 2018 calling for traffic signals at a busy intersection near Centennial Collegiate.

The essay was converted into a letter to Coun. Zach Jeffries, who represents the area where the intersection of Lowe Road and Nelson Road is located.

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Zapisocki, who called the intersection “very dangerous to everyone” in the essay, found out how dangerous in October when she was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the intersection to get to Centennial.

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Zapisocki injured her tailbone and her bike was damaged, but the Grade 10 student has recovered.

“Something needs to happen before somebody gets seriously hurt,” Calli’s mother, Shelley Zapisocki, said in an interview Thursday. “I’m totally in shock that nothing has been done up to this point. And it’s only going to get worse.”

Last week, city council’s transportation committee heard that traffic lights are recommended for the intersection based on a neighbourhood traffic review of the University Heights suburban centre.