Decatur adopts pedestrian scrambles, mural and marking contract downtown
The commission approved new all‑pedestrian signal phases and no‑right‑on‑red restrictions at Church & Sycamore and Ponce & Claremont to improve pedestrian safety, and authorized a Streetscapes contract of $34,900 (project budget $41,880) for a mural and new markings. Staff said both intersections were prioritized in the Decatur Safety Action Plan.
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The City Commission approved staff recommendations to change signal operations at two downtown intersections to add an exclusive pedestrian phase (commonly called a pedestrian scramble), install diagonal pedestrian signal heads and add no‑right‑on‑red restrictions at approaches where right turns currently occur.
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