cody701

So as most of you know, i lost my best friend at the light at mission and ferry. how many of you agree at that very light going north bound and south bound they need to have protected left turns. not yield turns. it also makes me look at other lights around town. ill be taking this to the city council. if others are interested to show your concern we would love the extra support.

So on that note, list the intersections that you know are a risk and a accident waiting to happen.

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Guy M

Cody - couple of things you should know:

1. The cops here have been asking for dedicated left turn lights at several intersections in town for at least a decade. We're consistently told that there aren't enough collisions at the intersections to justify the expense... Like 9th and Miller. That's a bad one and I've been to several real nasty collisions there.

2. That entire west side of the Senator George Sellar bridge approach is about to be rebuilt. It's been completely re-designed and the rebuild process will be starting fairly soon.

Widening the bridge itself by adding a lane was part of the whole project.

Fixing the bridge exits and approaches on the East Wenatchee/Douglas County side is another portion of the project.

The final portion is going to be fixing the Wenatchee/Chelan County side of the bridge approaches and exits. The proposed improvements look pretty good and should alleviate much of the congestion and danger we endure currently. Work on the design changes started years ago and funding was finally approved. It's been a Very Expensive project so far - mostly state and federal funds I believe since it's a state highway.

That's info you should know going in. The dangers of the current south end bridge approaches are well known, and a fix has been approved and is already scheduled. I believe work is supposed to start on the Wenatchee end of the project in a few months.

Regards, Guy

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Thaloc

The only other one I was going to say Guy just noted, 9th and Miller. I have to take that intersection anytime Im leaving my house really. Had many, many, many close calls there and seen quit a few more I wasnt even involved with.

We have it better than some cities tho. My sisters neighborhood in Spokane, no stop signs at any of the four way intersections in the neighborhood. Kinda scary, everyone just does REALLY quick REALLY fast California stops.

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cody701

ya i look forward to the bridge project. but i would also like to bring up, what was the population when most of those lights were put in or last updated? whats the population count now? we must adjust. and i feel the more that get on board and make the subject open to everyone's eyes. the better chance things will be improved. i think all left turns should be protected. traffic should not be crossing each others paths and forming any form of yielding situation at all. it leaves a room for error. and it can be a life costing error. its not worth the "less expense" light set up. a light has a price. a life does not. thank you for giving your input and taking the time to give me some input. im taking note on everything anyone has to say on this subject so i can try my best to have answers and points to back everything before i make my stand before the officials that i need to for this subject.

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