Construction endangers pedestrians, drivers

A recent District inspection of downtown construction sites found that, in many cases, traffic control plans designed to ensure safe passage for pedestrians and drivers either weren’t being followed or were not up to par.

The reviews were launched at the behest of Terry Lynch, executive director of the Downtown Cluster of Congregation. Lynch had sent DDOT a sampling of 16 sites “that from a pedestrian viewpoint seem to create hazardous conditions,” he said, either due to a lack of signs explaining where to walk, narrower-than-needed pedestrian walkways or construction jetting into the roadway.