As Sun City has grown, so has the traffic. In the area around the intersection of Del Webb and Sun City Boulevard, the safety of pedestrians has been comprised because of the increased traffic. The City conducted a traffic analysis and concluded several actions could be taken to mitigate the risk to pedestrians and these actions include: lowering the speed limit to 30mph, tree trimming and installing motion activated flashing lights at three pedestrian crosswalks.
Alas, the city has decided that it cannot afford to install the flashing lights because they are too expensive!
Consider this statement of the Georgetown 2018 final budget on page 1 of the General Fund Summary: "The projected available fund balance after accounting for contingency, economic stability reserve, and the benefit payout reserve totals $1.9 million."
It is unlikely that three motion-activated flashing lights would cost in excess of $1.9M. If public safety is not the number 1 responsibility of the City, then what is a higher priority?
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