Resident says repeated crashes at Midtown intersection demand engineering study

Aug 18, 2026

A Midtown resident told the council that three collisions occurred at a Ninth Street intersection, including one that damaged a home and caused a gas leak, and urged the city to perform an engineering study and install more robust safety measures.

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A Midtown resident described a recent collision in which a car struck a house at a Ninth Street intersection, causing a natural-gas leak and leaving neighbors without gas service for up to an hour. The speaker said this was the third crash at that intersection and that a prior city action—removing a parking space—had not prevented further collisions.

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