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Council sends quick‑build safety request for Webster & Prospect and other crossings to Traffic & Parking
Summary
Councilors approved orders sending quick‑build safety infrastructure at Webster & Prospect and a pedestrian light for Bridal & Highland to the Traffic & Parking committee, and asked for a 'Your Speed' sign on Shore Drive. Councilors cited recent crashes and repeated near‑misses.
Councilors voted to refer multiple traffic and pedestrian safety orders to Traffic & Parking after members described repeated crashes and dangerous conditions at key intersections. Councilor Ewan Kampen said the Webster and Prospect intersection "has been a nightmare forever" and urged quick‑build safety improvements, while he and others asked for a pedestrian light at Bridal Avenue and Highland Avenue near a high school. The council also approved a request to install a powered 'Your Speed' display on Shore Drive westbound.
"We need to get safety infrastructure in there really as soon as possible," Councilor Ewan Kampen said, noting recent accidents including a pedestrian strike. Councilors signed on to the orders and referred them to Traffic & Parking for study and implementation planning; no specific construction timeline or funding source was announced at the meeting.
