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Residents urge Price City to act on pedestrian safety near university after recent fatality
Summary
During public comment and council discussion, residents urged the council to install crosswalk signage and a streetlight near 600 South and Carbon Avenue and at the new Maverick; a council member urged lowering speed limits and immediate action near the university.
Residents and council members pressed Price City to take immediate steps to improve pedestrian safety, particularly near the university and in the vicinity of 600 South and Carbon Avenue.
"I've been asking for 2 and a half years about signs, signage for pedestrian crosswalks," Gwen Jackson of 520 Rose Avenue told the council during public comment. She said she had nearly been hit and that calls to UDOT had not produced action. "I almost got hit the other morning... I stop and I'm like, what's going on here?" she said.
Mike Girulli urged installation of a streetlight at the intersection near the new Maverick store, saying traffic and near-misses have increased since the business opened. "If we had a street light right there for that intersection, you could get rid of a lot of that problem," he said.
Council members and staff said they are aware of resident concerns and are coordinating with the Utah Department of Transportation. "We... have been working with UDOT. They are supposed to have a study underway. We will follow-up on where that is and what actions are gonna be taken," the mayor (unnamed) said.
An (unnamed) council member who spoke at length described presenting a pedestrian-safety plan on Jan. 6 and said engineering studies are valuable for identifying appropriate traffic-calming measures such as raised crosswalks, rumble strips and motion-activated blinking lights. The same council member also said the council can change some speed limits without an engineering study, citing a change in state law in 2022 (referred to in the meeting as House Bill 235).
The council did not take formal action at the meeting beyond recording the public comments and hearing the council member s request for timely collaborative action to improve pedestrian safety. Staff said they would follow up with UDOT and pursue appropriate next steps, including engineering study planning and potential interim measures.
