Residents who live near Kensington Road in the northwest are calling on the City of Calgary to decrease the number of lanes at the intersection where an 8-year-old boy was struck by a car in the spring.
Coen Hansen was on his way to school with a group including a friend's parent in late February. The overhead lights were flashing and traffic had initially stopped, but when the boy started to cross an eastbound vehicle struck the boy, launching him approximately two metres.An ambulance transported the boy to Alberta Children's hospital but his injuries were very minor and he's fully recovered.
He wasn't badly hurt and has recovered fully, but now his parents want the city to accelerate considerations to reduce the number of lanes along the route and slow traffic down in the residential area."I'm asking that the city simply accelerate their plan to turn Kensington Road in this area according to the legion analysis to a single lane in each direction," said Patrick McKay.Riley Communities Local Area Plan"This is front and centre for the Ward 7 office.
"Currently Kensington Road’s traffic pattern has one westbound lane occurring between 16 Street and 18 Street N.W., but two lanes elsewhere between Crowchild Trail and 13 Street N.W.," said Surendra Mishra, traffic engineer for mobility with the city in a statement to CTV News. The city installed traffic calming curbs or"bump-outs" on the northern end of the intersection for traffic calming, added extra signage saying"yield here to pedestrians," and more crosswalk signs.
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