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Hi, I live in the 'walking zone' for Pointers Run Elementary School and Clarksville Middle School in Clarksville, MD.

En route to and from school each day, my family and I cross the street Autumn Wind Circle at Great Star Drive. This is a busy (and often dangerous) intersection at those times of day with many other work and school commuters (both drivers and walkers). The intersection only has a crosswalk spanning the portion across Great Star Drive and not across Autumn Wind Circle. It also does not have a stop sign for traffic on Great Star Drive, so drivers turning from Great Star Drive onto Autumn Wind Circle often take that turn very quickly.

For increased pedestrian and intersection safety, I and other neighbors would like to request a crosswalk be painted in this intersection on the portion crossing Autumn Wind Circle, parallel to Great Star Drive. Officially marking this crosswalk would visibly define the pedestrian pathway for walkers and drivers and in turn, serve as a clear reminder of a pedestrian's right of way in a (marked or unmarked) crosswalk therefore increasing traffic safety for elementary and middle school students and their families who walk this path to and from school each day.