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<DIV><SPAN class=750575113-24092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>excerpt from today's Trib (emphasis is mine) -- DC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P minmax_bound="true"><SPAN class=750575113-24092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#800000 size=2><snip></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P minmax_bound="true"><SPAN class=750575113-24092008></SPAN>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.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true">"If the money is in place and the design is in place,
construction could begin next season," Johnson said.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true"><STRONG><FONT size=4>That would trigger what Idaho
Transportation Department spokesman Mel Coulter called a "warrant for a traffic
light" at the new four-way intersection</FONT></STRONG>. Since West Pullman Road
is also State Highway 8, ITD would pay for the lion's share of the traffic
signals, Coulter said.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true">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.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true">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.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true">The project would include closing the Rayburn Street
intersection with West Pullman Road just east of the Peterson Drive
intersection.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true">Moscow Public Works Director Les McDonald said the city
has already started budgeting for its share of the new signals.<SPAN
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<P minmax_bound="true"><SPAN class=750575113-24092008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#800000 size=2><snip></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P minmax_bound="true"><SPAN class=750575113-24092008> McDonald said no
amount of safety improvements could substitute for the old lesson of looking
both ways before crossing the street.</P>
<P minmax_bound="true">"<STRONG><FONT size=4>Any time you put paint on the
ground, people tend to think that they're safe</FONT></STRONG>," he said.
"<STRONG><FONT size=4>It's just a stripe of paint, and it's not going to protect
you</FONT></STRONG>. So people really need to be cautious and aware any time
they enter the street."</P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>