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Council weighs short- and long-term fixes for school crosswalk safety after complaints
Summary
Councilmembers discussed multiple near-term and longer-term options to improve pedestrian safety at the local school crossing, including temporary flashing stop signs, moving signalized intersections, split dismissal procedures, and reviewing crossing-guard equipment; staff will follow up with the school and vendor.
Councilmembers devoted an extended portion of the meeting to traffic and pedestrian safety near the local school after residents raised concerns about driver behavior and pedestrian crossings.
A councilmember raised a complaint that drivers and pedestrians were misusing the pedestrian-activated crossing signals and that motorists sometimes traveled in a center lane that reduces visibility. Multiple councilmembers described…
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