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Benton County plans street lighting, bump-outs and hardwired crossing beacons in LC Safe Routes to School project
Summary
Benton County engineers have proposed curb bulb-outs, hardwired crossing beacons and routed-cobblestone islands for a Safe Routes to School project in LC. Final design approval from ODOT and a contractor selection are pending; county staff said work must be finished by October.
Benton County plans to install street lighting, curb bulb-outs and pedestrian crossing beacons on two blocks in LC as part of a Safe Routes to School project, county staff and local residents said at a Citizens Advisory Committee meeting.
The county’s civil engineer, Owen Miller, told residents by email that “the street lights and crossing beacons had to be hardwired to power, not solar,” and that the project will require a power connection to CPI power in the alley on Third Street. Miller also noted that the raised curb islands will not be plain concrete and that the design calls for routed cobblestones, according to the email read aloud at the meeting.
Mimi (surname not specified), a committee member, said the county had reduced the size of the…
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