Carroll University
Vol. 33 Issue 6
November 17, 2009
CARROLL’S GOT A TICKET TO WALK
Luke Bennewitz
Staff Writer With rallied approval from members of the Carroll Community, the Budget and Grounds Committee of Waukesha addressed the removal of the crosswalk at the mid-block point on East Ave. between College and Wright at a meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. The meeting had a record number of people in attendance; more than in the past two and a half years. Over 35 people appeared to oppose the elimination of the
crosswalk between the intersection of College and East Ave. and the intersection between East Ave. and Wright St. Alderman Randy Radish, who was absent from the meeting, proposed the deletion of the crosswalk earlier this month and the Chairman of Budget and Grounds, Eric Payne, brought it forth for discussion between him and the other members of the committee. In the initial discussion, members of the committee conversed about options to put LED lights on some of the crosswalks on the strip on East Ave., the op-
Over 35 students to visited to voice opposition for crosswalk elimination. Photo by Luke Bennewitz
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tion to place a crossing guard on the specific intersection in question and if problems persisted, an elimination of the midblock crosswalk during the summer of 2010. Carroll’s Chief Financial Officer Ron Losteter, Chief Officer of Public Safety Mike Zens, and Student Senate President Ashley Frazier spoke on behalf of the students, faculty and staff to the committee against the deletion of the crosswalk. Losteter stated that he “supports the crosswalk” and the “addition of LED lights”. After representatives from Carroll spoke, the committee continued to discuss lighting at different areas besides the crosswalk in question. After several minutes, a student from Carroll raised her hand to speak, allowing for other students from Carroll the ability to raise their concerns as well. “Although students should look both ways, drivers should take initiative too,” Haley Haas, a Carroll student stated. “You can take the blocks to the east or west, but you know you’re crossing a college campus.” Addressing the speed limit and the speed of the cars driving down East Ave., sophomore Brianna Roeck stated that, “We
know what 25 miles per hour looks like and these cars are not going 25 miles per hour.” The point was driven close to home when senior Nicole Robinson, who was hit by a car while walking through a crosswalk, spoke and urged the committee to not eliminate the crosswalk. After the Carroll students got a second opportunity to voice concerns, the committee came back to the topic of the LED light suggestion, stressing the importance of the decision because the lights cost $1600 each at the minimum. Chairman Payne then suggested to Losteter that Carroll and the county split the cost of inserting LED lights at the crosswalk between the intersection of East and College Ave.’s and the intersection of East Ave. and Wright St. Chairman Payne made a motion to install LED lights at Wright and East, with Carroll to share in the cost, as well as installing brighter WE Energy lights at the midblock crosswalk and at the Wright and East crosswalk. As a friendly amendment, there was no recommendation to do anything with the midblock
crosswalk; instead, the Waukesha Police Department would be informed of a need to increase monitoring of the strip on East Ave. in question for the remainder of the school year. However, Chairman Payne added that the committee would revisit this situation at an indefinite time.
Cartoon by Melody Bernhardt
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