Mayor D.C. Reeves announced this morning that he’s asking the Florida Department of Transportation to formally study the intersection at Gregory Street and 14th Avenue, where three motorcyclists have died this year.
- Hazard? An unintended consequence of eliminating the traffic light at 17th Avenue coming off the new bridge could be the creation of conditions where drivers naturally accelerate, with little infrastructure in place to encourage speed reduction.
Last week, the mayor told the media, “We’ve seen an abnormally large amount of activity that we don’t want to see coming off the bridge. The fatality and crash data that’s happening, especially in the 14th and Gregory area as you come off the landing and the bridge, is alarming for us.”
At his Nov. 25 press conference, Reeves disclosed he met with Interim Police Chief Kristin Brown the previous day to discuss what he described as a “formalized request” for action on the intersection.
“It’s one thing to identify a problem. Next is what’s the viable solution? And obviously FDOT’s voice and opinion in that is what matters most,” Reeves said. “Ultimately, it’s their road, but what we’ve been working on is trying to formulate the most educated recommendations we can give.”…