By Kacie Svoboda
At the Keystone Town Board Meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 17, trustee Lynette Gohsman pushed for the city to begin the process of eliminating the crosswalk closest to Highway 40 on Winter Street.
“What do we have to do to get this ball rolling?” she asked.
This issue was originally brought up at the Aug. 3 meeting when Gohsman read a letter from Danielle Banks, owner of the Holy Smoke Resort. In it, Banks retold an incident where she narrowly missed hitting pedestrians due to the placement of a delivery truck. As the truck was parked between the second and third crosswalks on Winter Street, Banks was unable to see a man and two girls starting across the road on the crosswalk behind the truck. Methods for better controlling truck parking and delivery times were discussed.
Finance officer Vanessa Row explained that the issue had been handled in the past by the city hand-delivering letters to the businesses, asking for them to have all deliveries completed before 9 a.m.
“We had this fixed once and it worked really well,” Row said.
However, Gohsman strongly believes that at least one of the four existing crosswalks on Winter Street should be removed and seems to have settled on the northernmost one. If this crosswalk is removed, trucks could be required to park north of the remaining crosswalks eliminating the sightline problem and improving pedestrian safety.
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At the Keystone Town Board Meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 17, trustee Lynette Gohsman pushed for the city to begin the process of eliminating the crosswalk closest to Highway 40 on Winter Street.
“What do we have to do to get this ball rolling?” she asked.
This issue was originally brought up at the Aug. 3 meeting when Gohsman read a letter from Danielle Banks, owner of the Holy Smoke Resort. In it, Banks retold an incident where she narrowly missed hitting pedestrians due to the placement of a delivery truck. As the truck was parked between the second and third crosswalks on Winter Street, Banks was unable to see a man and two girls starting across the road on the crosswalk behind the truck. Methods for better controlling truck parking and delivery times were discussed.
Finance officer Vanessa Row explained that the issue had been handled in the past by the city hand-delivering letters to the businesses, asking for them to have all deliveries completed before 9 a.m.
“We had this fixed once and it worked really well,” Row said.
However, Gohsman strongly believes that at least one of the four existing crosswalks on Winter Street should be removed and seems to have settled on the northernmost one. If this crosswalk is removed, trucks could be required to park north of the remaining crosswalks eliminating the sightline problem and improving pedestrian safety.
Available only in the print version of the Hill City Prevailer News. To subscribe, call (605) 574-2538.