The town has installed new flashing lights at a crosswalk on Ederlee Drive where a woman was hit and killed this summer and where residents say drivers too often ignored the static signs and markings.
The lights are an interim step to try to improve safety at the crosswalk where the Symphony Lake Greenway trail meets Ederlee near the Koka Booth Amphitheatre. Two years from now, the N.C. Department of Transportation plans to begin installing a traffic light that would bring cars to a stop when a pedestrian pushes a button.
The flashing lights installed by the town this week, both at the crosswalk and in advance of it, are also triggered by a button…