Politics & Government

Danbury Starts Work on New WestConn Crosswalk

City workers joined contractors on White Street Thursday near Western Connecticut State University to install equipment to make crossing White Street safer.

New poles for warning lights were installed on White Street in Danbury late last week as part of an effort to make it safer for people crossing the street near Western Connecticut State University.

This effort is designed to make crossing White Street safer after Western student and Brookfield resident Dong Lin was killed walking across the street in 2011.

The work is expected to take roughly two weeks, said Tom Hughes, superintendent of Construction Services for Danbury. Hughes was on White Street with Abdul Mohammed, the city's traffic engineer, and representatives of NYCONN Corp., the electrical contractor.

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This step in the process will include installing two new crosswalks and button-controlled flashing lights that pedestrians will use to alert drivers they're crossing the street.

In a second phase, the university will install a fence on both sides of the street with openings at each crosswalk. The openings will funnel pedestrians to the three crosswalks with the warning lights. The third crosswalk is the existing crosswalk at the White Street parking garage.

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