PORT TOWNSEND — Residents called on Jefferson County commissioners Monday to address traffic issues along Beaver Valley Road and at the intersection of state Highway 20 and Four Corners Road.
Gene Seton told Jefferson County commissioners he’s watched the number of crashes increase at the Four Corners intersection during the nearly 40 years he’s lived nearby.
Meanwhile, Sandy Hill of Shine told commissioners there is a passing problem along Beaver Valley Road.
But most of the attention was on the state Highway 20-Four Corners Road intersection.
“There’s one or two a month and that might be a low number,” Seton said, noting he brought his concerns to commissioners after three crashes occurred there during the last week.
A Port Ludlow woman died Saturday from injuries she sustained in a crash at the intersection Friday after she drove into the intersection and was hit by a tractor-trailer.
There are flashing, red lights on the stop signs which control traffic crossing the intersection, but Seton doesn’t believe that’s enough.
“There needs to be a traffic signal in the middle of the intersection,” Seton said.
He thinks it could flash a caution to drivers on Highway 20 and stop drivers crossing the intersection.
“It needs to be up high enough where people can see it,” Seton said of his wish to see a light installed over the intersection.
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