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SANGER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Sanger residents connected Bethel Avenue request much information measures after last week's fatal crash that took the beingness of a precocious schoolhouse student. However, Sanger City Manager Nathan Olson tells YourCentralValley that they're already connected it.
"We started moving connected this arsenic a postulation mitigation postulation travel contented backmost successful the extremity of '23," helium said.
While this was successful the works earlier the deadly clang that took the beingness of Hubert Hsu and critically injured different Sanger student, Olson says pedestrians volition besides payment from these upgrades.
"There's 2 projects really going connected successful that area," Olson shared.
The archetypal is the reconstruction of Almond Avenue from Bethel to Greenwood, with sidewalks being added connected some sides.
"Keep kids from having to locomotion connected the roadworthy oregon locomotion successful the dirt," helium said.
The 2nd task involves installing a four-way postulation airy astatine the intersection of Bethel and Almond, wherever presently lone Almond Avenue has halt signs.
"They'll beryllium adding lights to each the awesome poles. You person 4 much streetlights successful that area. So it'll conscionable it'll beryllium a batch much lighting and amended visibility," Olson explained.
Both projects are federally funded, but Olson inactive urges pedestrians and drivers to stay vigilant.
"Make definite you're paying attraction due to the fact that this was an avoidable accident. You know, it just, it's tragic, and it does interaction the community," helium said.
The memorial has continued to turn astatine the intersection, with the assemblage pouring retired their emotion and remembrance for Hsu.
Sanger Acting Police Chief Jason Boust says the collision is inactive nether probe but that they are moving diligently to find whether this was an mishap oregon if idiosyncratic is astatine fault.
The operation connected Almond and Bethal is expected to beryllium implicit by the summer.
