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Resident urges safety improvements on D Street Southeast, citing heavy traffic and lack of signs
Summary
A resident told the council that increased traffic, commercial trucks and lack of speed signage on D Street Southeast create hazards and urged the city to consider speed reduction measures, signage or temporary speed trailers.
Ephrata ' During the public-comment portion of the meeting, resident Charles Roberts asked the council to address traffic and safety concerns on D Street Southeast, citing heavier traffic from development, trucks traveling to local silos and the seasonal migration of recreational traffic to Banks Lake.
"D Street is not unusual other than it's double wide. It has no street signs telling you what speed is there," Roberts said, describing a mix of school buses, postal vehicles and wheat trucks that share the corridor. He said the street lacks sidewalks and that pedestrians often must use bicycle lanes.
Roberts urged the city to consider temporary measures such as a radar-speed trailer or raised markers to slow traffic until a permanent traffic circle is built near a new development. He also asked whether the city's mechanical department could maintain any temporary speed trailer, noting one used previously failed when its battery died.
Council members asked clarifying questions about the exact street and nearby intersections and thanked Roberts for raising the concerns; staff did not announce an immediate plan in the transcript but the topic was discussed in the council's subsequent deliberations about street standards and traffic management.
The public comment was recorded during the meeting's public-comment period; council members took the comment and asked for follow-up information from staff.
