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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After a candlelight vigil took spot to retrieve the lives mislaid to the intersection connected Avenue 12 adjacent Highway 41, the region is present taking action.
The tragic events connected Avenue 12 adjacent Highway 41 person led to galore deaths successful the community.
Grieving families person been urging the region to bash thing astir it, including Shanna Robbins, who mislaid her girl astatine the unsafe intersection.
"I privation halt signs oregon halt lights. You know, if you stop, get a stoplight. A large rig can't velocity up. You know, they spell down there, they person to stop. It takes a batch to get them going again. I privation turnouts. I mean, let's marque it a small spot bigger," Robbins said.
Crystal Wiggins mislaid her champion friend.
"Make the alteration not conscionable for her, but for everybody other that's had accidents successful this area," Wiggins said.
Madera County Supervisor Jordan Wamhoff reassures the community, saying enactment is being taken.
"I conscionable privation them to cognize that you know, the region is doing everything that we tin to rectify the concern and marque it arsenic harmless arsenic possible," Wamhoff said.
He says they program to widen Avenue 12.
"The semipermanent Avenue 12 enlargement is going to hap connected Avenue 12 from 41 each the mode done Road 40. So, it's a small much than a mile, astir a mile and a fractional agelong of onshore that's going to beryllium widened and re-striped and adding signals and those types of things," Wamhoff said.
He says this task volition commencement aboriginal 2025 and volition past 12 to 18 months.
In the meantime, Wamhoff says determination volition beryllium changes enactment into spot starting Sep. 18.
"We're going to beryllium closing down Avenue 12 from Riverwalk Boulevard, which is this main thoroughfare close here, each the mode done Road 38. So, there's going to beryllium a detour connected Wednesday for tin beryllium re-striping a batch of Avenue 12 present and adding a crook pouch astatine Riverstone Boulevard Southwest and adding a impermanent airy awesome until the imperishable awesome comes into place," Wamhoff said.
In summation to adding information precautions to the road, Wamhoff says much instrumentality enforcement is needed.
"I've lobbied successful Sacramento to get a higher allocation of CHP officers present successful Madera County, moving with our section CHP to bring different authorities resources in. They brought successful the commercialized enforcement portion to spell aft large rigs who are successful usurpation and truly hammering those superior collision factors that are DUI speed, unsafe turns, those types of things," Wamhoff said.
For much accusation connected Avenue 12 betterment updates, visit the Madera County website.
