Evansville Board of Public Safety OKs traffic safety changes, equipment contracts and a slate of fall events; takes several construction items under advisement

The Evansville Board of Public Safety approved a package of traffic-safety measures, departmental equipment and service contracts, and a set of community event permits at its meeting; the board also denied a request to close a roadway for a protest and took two construction-related lane-closure requests under advisement for additional review.

The board voted to allow the city to erect no-parking signs and paint a curb yellow at the intersection of the Lloyd Expressway and South Barker Avenue after the Indiana state highway department gave the city permission to proceed on state-controlled right-of-way. Curtis (city staff) presented photos and described parked vehicles obstructing the on-ramp and sight lines. “They gave us an email from the state highway department that said whatever we need to do to make that intersection safe, go ahead and do it,” Curtis said. The motion to install signs and paint the curb passed without recorded opposition.

The board accepted several public-safety items brought by the Evansville Police and Fire departments. The police department accepted a donation from the Evansville Police Foundation of five simunition-rated defensive headgear units for training, and the board approved declaring a list of older police…