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Council approves temporary crossing guard, new speed signs and crosswalk after traffic-safety review
Summary
Bountiful City Council unanimously approved three traffic-safety recommendations from the Traffic Safety Committee: a temporary crossing guard at 50 West and 1600 South through the end of the school year, speed-limit signs on 750 East, and a new pedestrian crosswalk near 100 North to serve the Bountiful Food Pantry and transit users.
The Bountiful City Council on Jan. 28 unanimously approved three recommendations from the Traffic Safety Committee aimed at improving student and pedestrian safety near Bountiful Elementary and in nearby neighborhoods.
The committee recommended — and the council approved — a temporary crossing guard at 50 West and 1600 South through the end of the school year, new speed-limit signs on 750 East, and a marked pedestrian crosswalk on the north side of 100 North near 400 East to better connect a bus stop to the Bountiful Food Pantry.
City Engineer Lloyd Cheney told the council the Traffic Safety Committee spent roughly five hours across two meetings reviewing requests and data. Cheney said the crossing-guard request grew from parent concerns about students crossing 50 West at 1600 South and that the city and district agreed to develop an updated routing plan for the new elementary school. "It was recommended…
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