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Resident urges traffic signal or crossing guards after student hit near Hermiston High; council to study intersection options

5814635 · February 11, 2025
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A resident said a young person was struck near Hermiston High School and urged a traffic signal or crossing guards at South First and Highland; council voted to add discussion of the intersection and safety options to a future agenda and asked staff to prepare engineering information.

A Hermiston resident told the City Council Monday that drivers frequently speed and students sometimes cross without clear protection at the four-way stop near Hermiston High School and urged installation of a traffic signal or, at minimum, crossing guards after a young person was struck there.

Kelly Finch, who said she lives on South First Street near the high school, told the council she was not a witness to the collision but that…

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