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Neighborhood groups press Keizer committee for safer school crossings after near-misses and a hit-and-run fatality
Summary
Greater Northeast Keizer Neighborhood Association presented neighborhood traffic management plans and evidence of repeated near-misses involving school crossing guards; a committee member reported a recent hit-and-run pedestrian fatality on a local trail and members asked the school district and Safe Routes to School contacts for incident data.
Representatives of the Greater Northeast Keizer Neighborhood Association urged the Traffic Safety Bikeways Pedestrian Committee on Sept. 18 to act on neighborhood traffic management plans and safety concerns near schools, reporting near-misses involving school crossing guards and asking for closer coordination with the Salem-Keizer School District and Safe Routes to School resources.
Jack Green, speaking for the Greater Northeast Keizer Neighborhood Association, said the neighborhood has worked on traffic concerns since 2022 and submitted three neighborhood traffic management plans. "We…
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