Description

The Clague Middle School crosswalk on Nixon just south of Traver is unsafe. There is potential for a child to be injured or killed at this location while walking to or from school. Despite the help of a crossing guard, the conditions inherent to this crosswalk present a hazard to the children crossing. The crosswalk itself is very poorly marked and traffic patterns are extremely chaotic, especially during morning rush hour when kids are heading to school. For traffic heading south on Nixon, the neon school crosswalk sign is completely obscured by a small tree. This demands immediate attention. We request that this tree be removed AND other actions be taken. We also request installing blinking crosswalk lights and/or cones (like those further south on Nixon, designed to slow traffic). Without immediate steps taken to make this crosswalk safe for our children, and considering the increased volume of traffic and growing vegetation, the potential remains for tragedy to occur.