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Residents urge high-visibility crosswalks and traffic-calming after local crashes; city staff says it is coordinating with NCDOT
Summary
Public speakers pressed the City of Fayetteville to add high-visibility crosswalks, flashing signage and traffic-calming measures in busy neighborhoods; staff said the city is coordinating with NCDOT to schedule pavement-marking and other improvements.
Residents and neighborhood advocates told the Fayetteville City Council on Oct. 13 that pedestrian safety and street design are creating hazards in Haymount, Terry Sanford and other neighborhoods, and urged the city to accelerate crosswalk improvements and traffic-calming projects.
At the public forum, Catherine Goldblatt said parts of Haymount and the Terry Sanford neighborhoods are "made markedly unsafe by the lack of high visibility crosswalks at the very busy intersections," naming intersections including East/West Dobbin & Morganton and East/West Dobbin & Fort…
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