Safety improvements to dangerous Northeast Fresno intersections

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- New signs tin present beryllium recovered on Friant Road, Shepherd Avenue and Audubon Drive.

"We person reflective backmost plates connected the lights; we've done nary crook connected reddish each on Friant," said Fresno City Council subordinate Garry Bredefeld.

There are besides high-visibility crosswalks on the road.

Bredefeld says postulation information experts suggested these improvements.

However, helium adds that portion the metropolis tin marque these changes to assistance promote bully behavior, it's yet up to drivers to beryllium harmless erstwhile they get down the wheel.

"A batch of radical are driving and texting oregon connected their phones - that evidently makes it an unsafe condition, truthful I would promote radical to beryllium much cautious - I would promote radical to hesitate earlier the airy turns greenish and marque definite that nary 1 is coming done oregon blowing done a light," said Bredefeld.

And that's precisely what happened successful a wreck Wednesday day astatine Friant and Shepherd.

It was captured connected camera by Dan Wells and his son, who created the Friant Roulette YouTube page.

But they accidental they've noticed a difference.

"There was usually an mishap possibly doubly a period - it was going that galore times and it's been reduced considerably now," said Fresno resident, Dan Wells.

Wells says helium thinks the metropolis could inactive marque much adjustments to the arrows astatine Friant and Shepherd.

"If we tin conscionable alteration that greenish arrow to a yellow, past the postulation volition not spot green; they'll spot the reddish lights and the yellow, and I'm hoping that volition adhd to immoderate caution," said Wells.

Bredefeld says the metropolis inactive plans to adhd a parking batch adjacent Friant and Fort Washington for radical who usage trails successful the country and widen the close crook lane adjacent Audubon to assistance forestall much adjacent calls.

"We privation everybody to beryllium harmless and get location safely," said Bredefeld.

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