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Residents ask Forest Park council for traffic-safety fixes, crossing guards near schools
Summary
Two public commenters urged the Village of Forest Park to study dangerous crossings near Grant-White and Garfield elementary schools and to restore or install crossing guards, push-button beacons or flashing school signs to improve safety for students, seniors and residents with mobility challenges.
Two residents used the public-comment period at the March 28, 2022 Forest Park village council meeting to press for pedestrian-safety improvements at school crossings.
Gail Reese told the council she lives at Randolph and Marengo, two blocks from Grant-White School, and described motorists routinely ignoring the 20 mph school speed limit. "Somebody's gonna get killed," Reese said, adding that about half the units in her building are owned by seniors and that her adult daughter uses a walker…
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