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Grand Island committee asks town to pursue streetlight at Broadway and South Parkway, seeks crash report and enforcement data
Summary
Committee members asked the town to request an east‑side streetlight at Broadway and South Parkway following a fatal crash, requested the DOT crash report and police ticket counts for 2023–24, and received updates on planned enforcement resources.
During the March 11 meeting the Grand Island Traffic Committee moved to ask the town to pursue installation of a streetlight on the east side of the Broadway and South Parkway intersection and requested additional information from state and local agencies about a recent fatal crash.
Several committee members described a recent pedestrian fatality near the intersection and urged the town to secure more details from the New York State Department of Transportation. "I believe lighting played a major factor," said Jack (committee member), who described repeatedly seeing a child at dusk near the park and questioned whether the state’s recommended improvements addressed visibility at night.
A committee motion asking the town to install an east‑side streetlight was made and seconded; Frank (committee member) was identified as the seconder. Committee members asked that the town prepare a draft letter so the item can come back for a formal vote at a future meeting.
Members also requested that the town and police provide the DOT crash report and summarized enforcement data. A police representative said the department would provide ticket counts for 2023 and 2024 at the next meeting and described forthcoming enforcement resources: a newly acquired unmarked patrol vehicle being outfitted with radar and radios, continued deployment of a speed data trailer, and additional camera deployments along the Parkway corridor.
Committee members noted limits to town authority because the Parkway is under state control; however they asked the town to explore whether the town can pay to add lighting on the east side of the intersection the same way the town pays for lights on the west side. A committee member who suggested a formal request to the town said the town can fund lighting because "State doesn't do highway lighting. Period." The committee did not vote on the lighting request at the meeting; members asked staff to prepare a draft for the next agenda so the committee can vote.
Next steps: the committee asked the town to seek the DOT crash report, requested 2023–24 ticket counts from the police department and asked staff to draft language requesting a streetlight on the east side of Broadway at South Parkway for consideration at a future meeting.
