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Residents and county officials press for safety fixes after fatal crash at Spring Creek and Shaw Road
Summary
A Boone County resident told the County Board on July 10 that a recent fatal crash at the intersection of Spring Creek and Shaw Road requires immediate action.
A Boone County resident told the County Board on July 10 that a recent fatal crash at the intersection of Spring Creek and Shaw Road requires immediate action. “We cannot wait for another family to suffer such an unimaginable loss before safety is our number 1 priority,” Katie Bryant said during public comment, asking the board to install a four-way stop and other measures.
County Engineer Justin Cron and the Boone County Sheriff told the committee the county is studying multiple countermeasures and has federal and other grant funding in development for equipment and safety planning.
Why it matters: residents identified repeated near-misses and a recent death at Spring Creek and Shaw as evidence that existing traffic controls are insufficient for current traffic volumes. County staff and law enforcement said they are using crash data and pilot treatments to try to reduce serious injuries and fatalities.
Cron, who said he “provides technical…
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