The city will erect stop signs at three intersections on Clark Avenue near N.C. State University, including the one with Pogue Street where a biology professor was hit and killed in a crosswalk last fall.
The signs, due to go up within the next week, will create four-way-stop intersections at Pogue, Horne and Chamberlain streets, in a bid to slow drivers on Clark and improve safety for pedestrians. Up to now, drivers on Clark have not had to stop at those intersections.
Clark Avenue parallels Hillsborough Street and is a popular alternate route. Between 9,000 and 10,000 drivers a day use Clark at those intersections, many exceeding the posted speed limit of 30 mph, according to a city analysis completed after last fall’s fatal crash…