Harrisburg reveals redesign options for dangerous Division Street; ‘they’re good,’ but one big problem

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Nobody had to sell Mayor Wanda Williams (D) on the idea that Division Street in uptown Harrisburg is dangerous.

“Last year, I was present when they were doing 55 miles an hour” — along the 25-mile-per-hour street, Williams said — “and they hit a young person from Camp Curtin school.”

Williams spoke before a Thursday night to reveal — and begin gathering community input about — engineer renderings of four possible street redesign plans, which include different variations of new bicycle and/or walking lanes, a raised center median roundabouts and raised crosswalks, those last two similar to measures that have helped reduce injuries along 2nd Street, which converted in 2022 from a one-way to a two-way street…

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