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Safer Crossing with Flashing Beacons in school zone

WAITSBURG - Pedestrians, including Waitsburg School District students, using the crosswalk on Coppei Avenue and Academy Street, are safer after the installation of rapid rectangular flashing beacons (RRFBs).

Since the district's schools share facilities, including the gymnasium, music room, auditorium, and classrooms, the students, faculty, and staff cross the busy road throughout the school day. The new beacons will add necessary safety measures to the crossings on Coppei Avenue.

The school district's Facilities Supervisor, Brian Segraves, contacted the Washington Department of Transportation...

 

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