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Davidson (right) talked With residents at the Highway 169-School Street intersection. From <br />.left to right are Mike Twaddle, Ross Olin,· Elk River City' Engineer Terry Maurer. '.'~: ~:i'..:'v:; '-":-, -~ <br /> <br />Light <br />lengthened .for <br /> <br />pedestrians' .,. <br /> by Joni Astrup - <br /> Associate editor <br /> TratTzc lights at School Street and Highway' <br /> 169 in Elk River will not be adjusted to allow' <br /> pedestrians more time to cross the highway, fol- <br /> lowing an informal test last week. <br /> A group of local children and adults checked <br /> the length of time it took them to cross the <br /> highway on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Overseeing <br /> the experiment were' Tom' 'Davidson, a senior <br /> signal technician with the Minnesota <br /> Depar'.ment. of Transportation (MnDOT), and <br />.' Mike Travis, a Mr, DOT public affairs coordina:~ <br /> tor. <br />Pedestrians currently' have 43' seconds'to <br />cross the intersection, Which some people have <br />;'~aid is not enough' time; ..... <br />· At a recent Elk River City CoUncil meetin~i' <br />MnDOT representative offered to meet resi' <br />'dents at the intersection to check the length of <br /> <br /> Safety continued to page 10 <br /> <br /> Tom.! Davldson of the <br />Minnesota'Department' <br />of Transportation walked <br />across Highway 169 with <br />a group of youth during <br /> <br />.an Informal test last <br />week. With him are: left <br />to right: Micka Hatanpa, <br />Andy Pouliot and Matt <br />Hatanpa. ~ . ~ . <br /> <br /> <br />