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Sherwood officials debate replacing outdated half-signal as consultants recommend RRFBs and raised crosswalks at three schools
Summary
City staff and consultants reviewed recommended pedestrian safety upgrades at three elementary schools—Archer Glen, Hawkesview and Ridges—recommending RRFBs, refuge islands and raised crosswalks; council asked for cost and operational analysis and signaled preference to keep the existing district-office signal while adding a hybrid signal at Hawkesview.
Consultants and school-district representatives presented the second part of an elementary-school crossing assessment at the Sherwood City Council work session on Oct. 21, outlining site-specific recommendations and prompting debate over whether to remove an aging pedestrian half-signal near the district office.
Nick Gross, the Kittelson consultant who led the presentation, said the study recommends pedestrian refuge islands and rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at Archer Glen and at mid-block and corridor crossings near Hawkesview. For the Ridges site on Edie Road he described the improvements as contingent on a planned county-led widening: "when that happens, there's an opportunity to install a refuge island and further enhancements,…
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