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SHA proposes solar-powered flashing beacons at Greenbelt Road and Rhode Island Avenue to improve crossings
Summary
Maryland State Highway Administration presented a plan to install rectangular rapid-flashing beacons, rebuilt ramps and a curb bump-out at the Greenbelt Road–Rhode Island Avenue crossing; SHA said the equipment will be solar-powered and construction is expected late spring.
The Maryland State Highway Administration proposed installing push-button rectangular rapid-flashing beacons and reconstructing pedestrian ramps at the Greenbelt Road (MD 430) and Rhode Island Avenue intersection, city and SHA officials said at the Feb. 18 College Park City Council meeting.
SHA Project Manager Mas Fukui described the work as “install[ing] rectangular rapid flashing beacons, flashing beacons that are push button activated to cross the crosswalks across Maryland 430,” and said the devices will be audible and tactile to improve accessibility. Fukui also said all field equipment for the crossing will be solar powered and self-contained at the intersection.
Councilmember Esther Doctor, whose district includes the crossing, said she has walked the site and called it “really unsafe.” Doctor asked about changes to the small median refuge on the west leg; Fukui and SHA…
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