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East Wenatchee council hears residents and staff on crosswalk safety, signals on Grant Road
Summary
Residents raised concerns about drivers failing to yield at marked crossings and intermittent signal outages; staff described maintenance agreements and equipment lead times and council discussed enforcement and education options.
Residents and council members flagged pedestrian safety concerns at several marked crossings in East Wenatchee on Feb. 4, with particular attention to the crossings at Eastmont & Ninth and two signalized crossings on Grant Road.
At the start of the meeting, resident Susan Williams told the City Council she had repeatedly felt unsafe using the signalized crosswalk at Eastmont and Ninth and recounted instances where drivers did not yield when the pedestrian signal indicated it was a walker’s turn. “It almost didn’t happen,” Williams said of a recent crossing near the library, describing vehicles that continued through while the pedestrian…
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