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Roanoke council hears plan for Williamson Road safety pilot, staff to launch fall demonstration
Summary
City staff and consultants outlined a community-driven plan to reconfigure lanes, add protected bike lanes and other safety measures on Williamson Road and run a six-month pilot starting with a fall repaving cycle, with data collection to measure crashes, speeds and multimodal access.
City staff and a transportation consultant told Roanoke City Council on May 19 that a community-led plan to reconfigure Williamson Road will move into a pilot stage this fall, aligning with the city's repaving schedule.
The pilot responds to a two‑year Envision Williamson Road process. Christopher Fornash, senior transportation planner with Nelson ygaard, said the corridor has “Some nearly 300 crashes in the 5 year period ending in 2023 in the 2 mile core section of Williamson Road.” He said Williamson Road also accounted for the largest share of pedestrian fatalities in the city during that period: “49 people died in traffic over that 5 year period in the city of Roanoke including 18 killed while walking and Williamson Road had not the…
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