Assigned to traffic engineer for study/observation.

Alex, Office of CM

The intersection of Church Street and Lawrence Street is planned to be signalized next year. As part of the signalization, crosswalks with pedestrian signals and pushbuttons will be installed. New crosswalks cannot be installed without wheelchair ramps at each end. There are no wheelchair ramps at the intersection now.

Is there any way to put a crosswalk at the intersection of Lawrence and Church
My issue is that there is not crosswalk at any point on Church St. other than at High and Central.
What will it take to install one? People cross w/o a walk between those two?

A crosswalk with wheelchair ramps and signals will be installed at this intersection next year. In the meantime pedestrians have the right to cross at the intersection without a marked crosswalk. A marked crosswalk without a signal or other way to slow traffic will not create a safer crossing.

Eric..thank you for that. Not so sure drivers realize those rights of pedestrians. I was not aware.
I know it may be an financing issue but, do you really need to wait for the traffic signal before installing the ramps and painted walk?
There already ramps at the end of Lawrence St. both angled towards Church and Lawrence.

It may be possible to install ramps and a crosswalk further down Church Street at the driveway to the plaza. Our Engineering Department is working on a project to add or upgrade ramps at key locations in the city. I will work with them to see if this location can be included. Any work at Lawrence would get torn up when the signal goes in next year, and therefore we would be paying for the same work twice.

That would be a fantastic compromise. Very excited about the light too. Do you think that will help with the high speed issue on Lawrence?

The signal at Church and Lawrence would only have a minimal effect on the speed of vehicles on Lawrence Street, and that would be related to how fast they turn the corner at Church Street.

Old issues.

Why closed? That intersection has ramps on the Lawrence St. corners. Across the street is a parking lot with two entrances that happen to be directly across from the corners of Lawrence St. I recall Eric Ebby suggesting he would send an engineer to see if there is another location along that stretch suitable for a crosswalk.

Eric Eby provided an answer to this issue above.