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Council discusses traffic-signal study and interim measures for Lewis Street and 20 Arpitt Road intersection
Summary
Councilors asked staff to gather crash data, pursue grant funding and consider short-term measures (no-left-turn devices or plastic channelizers) after a councilor reported about 10 crashes at Lewis Street and 20 Arpitt Road from 2022–2025 and expressed concern about left-turn collisions.
Councilor David Merrill led a discussion asking the City of New Iberia to study safety at the intersection of South Lewis Street and 20 Arpitt Road and consider installing a traffic signal or other measures to reduce crashes as nearby development increases.
Merrill said he has received multiple constituent requests about difficulty turning from stop signs at the intersection and cited a police summary prepared by Captain Leland showing roughly 10 crashes from 2022–2025, many involving left turns.…
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