
Last month we reported on a call to Virginia Beach officials to lower the speed limit and add more safety precautions for pedestrian on North Shore Drive. Though officials and experts were hesitant to make the changes the public triumphed and changes are already taking place on the busy road.
So far crews with the city have changed 18 speed limit signs on Shore Dr. The speed limit is being lowered from 45 mph to 35 mph. Advocates of the change believe that lowering the speed limit will decrease the number of injurious, even deadly pedestrian accidents along the road.
The changes will be carefully monitored by the Department of Public Works. The agency will work to gather data to determine if the speed limit change, along with a crackdown on speeding along the street, will help reduce the number of pedestrian accidents.
Other changes that will soon take place include adding flashing lights to existing pedestrian crossings, increasing the size of sidewalks and installing additional pedestrian crosswalks.
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