Businesses owners and residents along South Pulaski Road between the Stevenson Expressway to 71st Street agree action is needed to protect both pedestrians and drivers from serious safety risks.
A damaged iron fence, tire tracks and displaced bricks are all a result of car crashes on South Pulaski between I-55 and 71st Street. This past week alone, two people were killed and several were critically injured in two separate crashes.
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“We hear it, engines roaring, the wheels squealing,” said Mario Aguirre, president and CEO of United Credit Union.
The United Credit Union building on the corner of Pulaski and 44th Street has been impacted by many crashes. Aguirre said they’ve become so common, the retaining wall and landscaping bricks around the building are consistently damaged or blown over.
“Once every two weeks or so, we are having to do some type of repair on the building,” he said.
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