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To Boost Pedestrian Safety
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has approved the city's application for a transportation enhancements project to help make it easier for pedestrians to traverse the busy intersection of W. Forest Home Ave., W. Oklahoma Ave. and S. 43rd St.
Ald. Donovan said the project – which will include work by city Department of Public Works staffers – is critical to making the area safer for all residents, especially children and seniors. "This intersection connects three high volume arterial roadways at various angles and is near Jackson Park, Manitoba Elementary School, and the business district along West Forest Home Avenue and West Oklahoma Avenue," he said. "These are three destinations we need to keep within reach for all citizens, and making the intersection safer is the main way we can do that."
The project may include curb extensions, widened sidewalks, improved traffic signals and high visibility crosswalk treatments. The grant amount is $400,000, and DPW officials anticipate that planning and engineering will occur in 2007, with construction anticipated in 2008.
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