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Residents urge faster pedestrian safety work after fatal crash at Cole/Stevenson intersection
Summary
Residents told the Enumclaw City Council on June 22 they need urgent pedestrian-safety measures at the Cole Street/Stevenson intersection after the recent death of a local resident; speakers urged interim low-cost fixes and clearer timelines for funded improvements.
Residents pressed the Enumclaw City Council on June 22 to accelerate pedestrian-safety work at the Cole Street and Stevenson intersection following a recent fatal crash.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting a resident said the person struck in January had since died and asked the council for an update and ‘‘some pedestrian funding,’’ noting she had been told the work might not occur until January. The resident added, “We would still wish to have an update regarding how we're moving forward on the Stevenson Cole area.”
A second resident who identified his military service described drivers ‘‘zoom[ing] by’’ and urged the city to install lights, speed signs and stepped-up enforcement. He told the council, "I am now 76 years old. I'd like to live to a 100, and I cross that street, and people just zoom by." These firsthand accounts framed multiple speakers’ calls for both near-term, low-cost fixes and longer-term engineering improvements.
Nora Tackenboge, a city resident, reiterated that Eileen Griffith died after a vehicle did not stop at the intersection and suggested interim measures such as hand-held red flags or other visibility aids while funding is secured. "I just hope that, you know, Eileen's death wasn't in vain," she said.
Longtime resident Cindy Proctor described recurring problems on Rilla Lane and Melody Lane — speeding, failures to stop, insufficient ADA curb cuts, and cut-through traffic — and said previous requests for traffic-calming measures had been denied. She offered to provide video evidence documenting drivers running stop signs and urged the council to reconsider lower-cost options such as reflective markings and clearer crosswalk signage.
There was no recorded vote or staff directive at the meeting to schedule immediate construction work; council committee reports later in the agenda covered unrelated items. The comments were entered into the public record; the council did not announce a specific follow-up timeline during the June 22 meeting.
