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Council approves agreement with MoDOT to install rapid flashers at Cedar and Main

3294036 · May 13, 2025
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Council approved an agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to install rectangular rapid flashers at the Cedar and Main crosswalk; staff said MoDOT will maintain the devices once installed, and council discussed enforcement and placement limits due to a nearby railroad crossing.

The Belton City Council approved an ordinance authorizing the city to sign an agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to install rapid rectangular pedestrian flashers at the Cedar and Main crosswalk.

A public works staff member described the devices as “rectangular rapid flasher[s]” that sit between existing crosswalk signs and flash rapidly when a pedestrian presses the button. “So when you're driving down the road, someone you can walk up to it, press the…

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