Transportation
BY CHLOE YOUNG
Cedar Park to install high visibility crosswalks The city of Cedar Park will install new high visibility crosswalks at its pedestrian crossings citywide in the next six months. The crosswalks are intended to improve safety in the city by making it easier for drivers to see pedestrians, city officials said. The details The $625,000 project will include the installa- tion of around 900 new crosswalks at about 550 intersections throughout Cedar Park. The city will first install the crosswalks at major roads, some of which have already received them, before moving on to neighborhoods. The high-visibility crosswalks will also be installed at pedestrian crossings that do not yet have crosswalks, many of which are in residential neighborhoods, said Stephen Hanuscin, assistant director of public works for Cedar Park.
Two intersections to receive traffic signals The city of Cedar Park will install new traffic signals at the intersections of New Hope Drive and Arrow Point Drive as well as Cottonwood Creek Trail and Medical Parkway. What happened Cedar Park City Council approved $67,020 in funding from the city’s 2022 General Obli- gation Transportation Bond for the signals’ design at a Feb. 27 meeting.
The new design The city will replace its standard crosswalks with high visibility crosswalks.
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High visibility Crosswalk
SOURCE: CITY OF CEDAR PARK
In their own words Council member Eric Boyce said some residents have been concerned about speeding. “Talking to some of my neighbors, they’re real excited that this might be one more way to get people to slow down,” Boyce said.
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