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Residents and APD press for action on congested South Asheville school corridor
Summary
A Biltmore Park HOA leader urged city action after two school‑bus crashes on the Overlook/Long Shoals corridor; APD and City Traffic Engineering cited NCDOT studies and drone mapping, and the committee agreed to continue interagency work with Buncombe County Schools and the MPO.
A resident and homeowners‑association leader urged the Public Safety Committee March 26 to press for immediate measures to improve traffic and pedestrian safety on the South Asheville school corridor serving Estes Elementary, Koontz Intermediate and other schools.
Brad Pressler, chair of the Biltmore Park HOA Neighborhood Safety Committee, told the panel two school buses had crashed on the corridor in under a year and cited NCDOT crash data showing Overlook Road at…
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