Board prioritizes high-school area safety, considers quick traffic calming steps
Board members flagged recurring safety concerns around the high school mid-block crossing on Park Street and discussed interim measures including narrowing crossings, rumble strips, rubber speed humps and timing a Safe Routes to School grant application to support longer-term engineering work.
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Council members and staff described a string of close calls and incidents around the high-school area and the Park Street mid-block crossing, and said they are exploring near-term treatments while applying for a Safe Routes to School grant to fund more permanent upgrades. "We're looking to narrow the crosswalk so that it's shorter for everyone," the Chair said when describing an interim measure that could be done with delineators and other traffic-calming devices.
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