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Sandpoint committee recommends relocating unsafe Boyer Avenue RRFB; engineering review to field-fit new crossing
Summary
The Sandpoint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee recommended moving the rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) on Boyer Avenue to a mid-block location with better sight lines after staff reported the existing unit had been struck multiple times. The committee voted in favor and asked engineering to field-fit beacons at a candidate site.
The Sandpoint Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee voted on April 9 to recommend relocating the rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) on Boyer Avenue to a new mid-block location and to have engineering field-fit that location.
Committee Chair Kate Huseman opened the RRFB discussion after staff noted Holly Ellis was not present; Associate Planner Eric Brubaker described the existing crossing as being on a curve with a narrow planting strip and said, “It’s been struck a couple of times.” Brubaker told the committee that drivers’ attention is reduced by the adjacent roundabout and…
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