State officials hope to eventually put stoplights and a pedestrian bridge at the intersection of Juneau's Egan and Yandukin drives, where a fatal crash took place Saturday. But there’s no timeline for that work.
Evening rush hour traffic zooms down Egan Drive where it intersects with Yandukin Drive in Juneau on Dec. 12, 2017. Traffic experts have counted 60 car crashes in the crossing over a 10-year period.
The intersection by Juneau’s Fred Meyer grocery store has long been one of the borough’s most dangerous. One person died and four were medevaced after State transportation officialsput stoplights at the intersection of Egan and Yandukin drives, add a pedestrian bridge and make other major changes. But there’s no timeline for that work.
“Our plans have been drawn up and all that, but it hasn’t been funded,” said Sam Dapcevich, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Transportation. In the meantime, they’re planning smaller changes: extending the medians, painting clearer markings and introducing a From Nov. 1 to Jan. 31, the speed limit from Mendenhall Loop Road to the Sunny Point interchange will be 45 mph. It will reduce the speed limit near the Fred Meyer intersection by 10 mph. Dapcevich said longer medians will get drivers closer to the turn. The idea is to make it easier for drivers to see oncoming traffic.
Saturday’s crash occurred as one driver turned left toward Fred Meyer and another was driving north on Egan,In Nov. 2019,
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