New Dynamic Speed Display signs will soon go up near a school where a crossing guard was hit and killed last year. The Board of Commissioners approved the installation of the signs at their meeting Tuesday.
The signs will soon go up near Lindley Middle School and will be donated by Radar Signs, Inc., as part of Cobb’s pilot program. The signs let drivers know how fast they are going. Studies have shown they are effective in getting drivers to slow down.
Cobb DOT, along with Georgia DOT and other partners, launched a Roadway Safety Audit last year after the death of crossing guard Edna Umeh last November. The audit is nearing completion and interim DOT Director Erica Parish says changes should be made to the roadway before the start of the next school year.
Among the changes being considered are medians dividing the four-lane road, and installation of a “HAWK” crossing which is a lighted, well-marked pedestrian crossing.
From the June 2018 issue of The Bright Side, Cobb County Georgia’s Newspaper covering Smyrna, Vinings, Mableton, Powder Springs and Austell, GA.
