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Council adopts ordinance creating multiway stop intersections after public hearing focused on dangerous Myrtle/MLK crossing
Summary
After a public hearing in which residents urged additional safety measures, the Municipal Council unanimously adopted ordinance 25-109 designating several multiway stop intersections, including the uncontrolled Myrtle/MLK intersection where advocates had sought a traffic signal.
The Jersey City Municipal Council voted unanimously to adopt ordinance 25-109, an amendment to vehicle-and-traffic regulations that designates several intersections as multiway stops.
Lede facts: The ordinance was adopted by a 9–0 recorded vote after a public hearing. Residents and community staffers asked the council and department staff to install additional visibility features — including signs, pavement markings and high-visibility treatments — at newly designated…
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