[Vision2020] More on the crosswalk

[Donovan Arnold]

This is old news. They have been telling me this since 2001 when we first tried to address this crosswalk issue. It is going to be years before you see this materialize. The UI likes to invest in things that make them money, or raises enrollment, and this road doesn't do either. 
 
Best Regards,
 
Donovan

--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:

From: Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] More on the crosswalk
To: "'vision 2020'" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:55 AM



excerpt from today's Trib (emphasis is mine) -- DC
 

<snip>
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. 
<snip>
 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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