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Traffic board will collect speed and flow data after students highlight unsafe exit at Stafford Road plaza
Summary
A sixth-grade class told the Traffic Board that the Stafford Road exit at the South Coast Market Plaza is dangerous at school dismissal; the board agreed to deploy a traffic trailer to collect speed and volume data for staff review.
Students from a sixth-grade class presented a school project to the Fall River City Traffic Board describing safety problems at the South Coast Market Plaza entrance and exit on Stafford Road, near Holy Trinity and LeTourneau schools.
The students said sight-line obstructions and heavy traffic at dismissal made crossing and turning hazardous. One student suggested trimming bushes to improve visibility: "My solution was to cut down some of the bushes there so it'd be easier to see when you're turning," the student said. Other students recommended a…
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