New traffic signal at northwest Fresno intersection to promote safety

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Residents and section leaders accidental the interaction of a caller postulation awesome successful northwest Fresno volition beryllium beingness changing.

The caller postulation awesome is expected to curb unsafe driving, portion expanding entree to recreation.

With the propulsion of a button, lights astatine the Audubon Drive and Del Mar Avenue intersection successful northwest Fresno were activated.

Supporters accidental it's a large measurement toward expanding information for pedestrians and bicyclists, including those making their mode to the San Joaquin River.

"With the installation, and present the activation of the postulation light, we are going to beryllium celebrating a milestone successful improving harmless entree to the River West-Eastern Trail Extension Project," explained Kari Daniska with the San Joaquin River Conservancy.

This is simply a infinitesimal immoderate residents successful the country accidental person been waiting for for 15 years, arsenic they are present capable to locomotion crossed this intersection safely.

The request was evident to residents successful the Woodward Park country and section leaders.

In January of 2022, conscionable a fewer minutes down the aforesaid road, an experienced bicyclist was deed and killed.

"What we person recovered implicit the years is that unluckily radical that thrust connected Audubon usage this arsenic an expressway and successful immoderate cases thrust astatine freeway speeds, and determination had to beryllium thing that was done beyond enforcement and education," said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.

Kritisne Walter is among those who's been pushing for the postulation signal.

"Now with this light, and the mode it's designed to beryllium reddish until approached, is going to connection america a greater consciousness of information successful our assemblage and I deliberation it's going to beryllium great. I can't hold for my grandkids to travel and thrust their bicycles," explained Kristine.

The City of Fresno is inactive moving connected a implicit vicinity postulation survey to analyse plan options on the engaged corridor.

That survey should beryllium implicit and presented to the assemblage by this fall, arsenic efforts to marque Audubon Drive safer and much accessible continue.

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