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Resident urges clearer crosswalks on Metcalf Avenue as traffic speeds increase
Summary
Former council member Jay Lenards told the Overland Park City Council that recent changes to Metcalf Avenue have made it difficult for pedestrians to cross and asked the council to instruct the city manager to prepare a plan to more clearly mark crosswalks.
Jay Lenards, a former Overland Park council member and resident of the Whitehaven neighborhood, urged the City Council on May 19 to direct the city manager to develop a plan to clearly mark crosswalks on Metcalf Avenue and elsewhere in the city.
Lenards, who said he lives at 8637 Broadmoor and is 83, told the council that recent improvements to Metcalf have made the street "almost impossible to cross." He…
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