The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is rolling out its latest safety campaign aimed at reducing bicycle and pedestrian crashes on some of the county’s busiest corridors.
The initiative will focus on 13 stretches of roads identified by the Florida Department of Transportation as having the highest number of crashes.
WATCH TO SEE COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT MAHMOUD BENNETT EXPLAIN WHICH ROADS THE SAFETY CAMPAIGN WILL FOCUS ON:
Collier County Sheriff’s office launches bicycle and pedestrian safety campaign ahead of season
CCSO says the following stretches of road will be focused on as part of its campaign:
- U.S. 41 East from Espinal Blvd. to Pelton Street
- U.S. 41 East from Johns Street to Saint Andrews Blvd.
- Main Street from N 7th Street to East of 2nd Street
- New Market Road West from Charlotte Street to Hendry Street
- Airport Pulling Road from Linewood Ave to North Road
- Immokalee Road from Strand Blvd. to Collier Blvd.
- 1st Street from Boston Ave. to Roberts Ave. East
- State Road 29 / W Main Street from N 15th Street to Lake Trafford Road
- U.S. 41 East from Barefoot Williams Road to Myrtle Lake
- Radio Road from Donna Street to San Marco Blvd.
- Pine Ridge Road from Livingston Road to Napa Blvd.
- Airport Pulling Road from J&C Blvd. to Birchmore Street
“We’re looking for people that are speeding, people that are not obeying the traffic laws on the bike, using the crosswalk inappropriately — and you’ll see a higher presence of deputies,” said Sgt. Scott Kaplan of the sheriff’s Safety and Traffic Enforcement Bureau…