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Residents press Puyallup council for traffic calming after teen struck; council pledges engineering review
Summary
Neighbors urged the City Council to add stop signs, streetlights and traffic calming near Second and Seventh avenues after a teenager was struck; city officials said a traffic engineer examined the site and explained the neighborhood petition/traffic-calming process.
A group of Puyallup residents told the City Council on Oct. 7 that speeding and poor pedestrian infrastructure near Second and Seventh avenues are putting people at risk following a crash the previous day in which a teenager was struck.
Neighbors called for immediate fixes — stop signs, speed bumps and better lighting — and asked the council to change the city’s petition threshold for traffic-calming requests.
The speakers said the collision on the corner of Second and Seventh left them shaken. ‘‘This is the second teenager that’s been hit in front of my house in the past, I’d say, four months,’’ said Greg Magoo, who lives at 614 Second Avenue, describing frequent cut-through traffic and limited controls on a stretch…
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