OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) – Residents of one Oshkosh neighborhood are uniting to promote safety.
Shirley Brabender-Mattox is among the Jackson Street homeowners between Church and West Murdock avenues who have put up yellow signs to remind drivers to slow down.
It’s in response to the increasing number of vehicle crashes at the street’s intersections.
“We’re concerned about the pedestrians. We’ve got kids that go to school right over there, about people that are walking their dogs, people on bicycles.”
Police Officer Kate Mann says they’ve heard the citizens’ concerns.
“We have officers go and sit in the area and run radar or laser.”
The Neighborhood Association says it’s pushing to lower the street’s 30 mile per hour speed limit and have speed bumps added.
In 2014, there was only one crash at the intersections of Jackson and Irving, Scott, and Lincoln. Two years later, those figures rose to 7,5, and 4, respectively.
