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Commissioners approve all-way stop at Washington Center and O'Day after safety audit citing doubled crashes and five fatalities
Summary
Following a roadway safety audit that found crashes doubled over ten years and five fatalities at the intersection, the board approved installation of an all-way stop at Washington Center Road and O'Day and noted long-term plans for a roundabout.
Allen County Highway Director Bill Hartman told commissioners that a roadway safety audit recommended installing an all-way stop at the Washington Center Road and O’Day intersection because crashes have doubled in the past ten years and the site has recorded five fatalities and multiple personal injury crashes. The board approved the all-way stop 3-0 and acknowledged longer-term plans to construct a roundabout.
The action takes an interim traffic-control step intended to reduce immediate crash risk while the county proceeds with engineering and design work for a future roundabout at the location. No construction timeline for the roundabout was provided at the session.
