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Parents, students and residents urge city to abandon proposed traffic circle near Nathan Hale School
Summary
At a New Haven Board of Education public comment period, multiple residents and students said a proposed traffic circle and redirected airport traffic would endanger children who walk and bike to Nathan Hale School and asked the mayor and city engineers to reconsider and consult neighbors.
Speakers at a New Haven Board of Education meeting on public comment urged city officials to abandon or redesign a proposed traffic circle that would reroute airport traffic past Nathan Hale School, saying the changes would increase danger for children who walk or bike to school.
Residents and students described daily congestion, near-miss collisions and situations in which drivers ignore crossing guards. "I have personally had three experiences where I almost got hit in my car with my daughter," said a resident who did not give a full name during public comment. "Please, I'm just asking for the safety of the children, which is literally your jobs to do."
The concerns reached across ages and…
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