Residents urge city to fix dangerous Commonwealth crosswalk after December crash

Several residents of the Copper Ridge neighborhood pressed the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Spring Hill on the safety of a crosswalk on Commonwealth that leads to the Longview Recreation Center and a nearby elementary school, saying the crossing remains hazardous after a December crash that left a mother and child badly injured.

Karen Luff, a Copper Ridge resident, told the board during the public-comment period that she had walked her children to school for years but stopped nearly two years ago because of “too many close calls.” She asked the city to make the crosswalk more visible and said her “dream” would be a push-button light that activates only when someone is crossing. “I know I can’t fix the way people drive, but what I’m hoping to do is maybe make that crosswalk…