[Vision2020] More on the crosswalk

[Dan Carscallen]

excerpt from today's Trib (emphasis is mine) -- DC
 
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But a better solution is on the horizon, said Brian Johnson, UI
assistant vice president for facilities management. The university has
secured about $1 million from the state to extend Stadium Road north to
connect with Peterson Drive.

"If the money is in place and the design is in place, construction could
begin next season," Johnson said.

That would trigger what Idaho Transportation Department spokesman Mel
Coulter called a "warrant for a traffic light" at the new four-way
intersection. Since West Pullman Road is also State Highway 8, ITD would
pay for the lion's share of the traffic signals, Coulter said.

The Idaho Department of Public Works is looking for a designer for the
project, which includes obstacles like a shallow city sewer line,
Paradise Creek, railroad tracks and a pedestrian path, Johnson said.

But challenges aside, Johnson said the project has been a high priority
for years. In addition to increasing pedestrian safety, it would improve
access to the UI's Hartung Theater and to the Kibbie dome, he said.

The project would include closing the Rayburn Street intersection with
West Pullman Road just east of the Peterson Drive intersection.

Moscow Public Works Director Les McDonald said the city has already
started budgeting for its share of the new signals. 

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 McDonald said no amount of safety improvements could substitute for the
old lesson of looking both ways before crossing the street.

"Any time you put paint on the ground, people tend to think that they're
safe," he said. "It's just a stripe of paint, and it's not going to
protect you. So people really need to be cautious and aware any time
they enter the street."

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