![]() Existing rectangular rapid flashing beacons, however, are operational. But because of supply chain issues during the pandemic, some equipment didn’t arrive until last month and will not be activated after it is tested in a few weeks, he said. ![]() Regarding Stoneman Avenue, City Manager Garrett Evans said a safety improvement project includes two radar feedback signs listing speed limits, curb extensions on both sides of the street and three HAWK (pedestrian-activated) signals on safety lights, one near Golden Gate Community School. He said police traffic specialists go to schools at the beginning of each school year to observe and address any traffic pedestrian safety concerns and work with administrators to make sure traffic is flowly safely. “The department is very proactive regarding preventative measures to reduce vehicle collisions within our community,” he said.Īlbanese explained that police address traffic and school safety through “the three E’s”: engineering, education and enforcement. Since the accidents, city staff has reviewed traffic safety measures and standards at Stoneman Avenue and other areas citywide as well as looked at what could be implemented around schools and other high-traffic intersections in the city. “There is a lot of speeding and traffic concerns on the street in the daytime as well as the night and this particular situation with the loss of Brooke has really kind of gotten people focused on addressing safety concerns around our campuses.” “This was just a really tragic situation all the way around,” Golden Gate Community School Principal Doug Corbin later said. Three days after Jeffrey was killed, another pedestrian was struck in a hit-and-run on 10th Street near West Street some three miles away but the person survived. The driver, 34-year-old Roberto Sainez, drove off and later was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter, felony hit and run and concealing evidence, Pittsburg Police Chief Steve Albanese told the council on Monday. Mayor Shanelle Scales-Preston also asked staff to return with a report on traffic safety measures and progress on the project near Golden Gate Community School where the teenager was hit.īrooke Jeffrey, 17, was fatally struck in the evening of March 7 by a hit-and-run driver while she was in the dark crosswalk - the new warning light fixture was not yet activated - on Stoneman Avenue at Briarcliff Drive while walking to meet her mother for a ride home. The report about ongoing traffic safety measures and what could be done in the future comes after the teen’s friends and community members demanded action during a recent council meeting. Only weeks after a Pittsburg teenager was killed in a crosswalk near her school, city staff assured residents and council members that some additional safety measures - including a push-button-activated crosswalk light to alert drivers about pedestrians - would soon be operable there.
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