HOBOKEN— The city may add pedestrian signs and clearer crosswalks at 12 of what officials call Hoboken's most dangerous intersections.
Hoboken's proposed $107.6 million 2014 municipal budget calls for an estimated $690,000 — construction costs plus a 15 percent contingency— to update 12 of its intersections. The proposed updates would include pedestrian crossing signs, more visible crosswalks and painted bumpouts, according to the proposed budget.
During her state of the city speech Tuesday night, Mayor Dawn Zimmer noted that the budget included funding for making the city's "most dangerous intersections safer for pedestrians and drivers." These intersections were identified by the number of pedestrian collisions and injuries that have occurred between 2008 and 2012. According to the city, 28 collisions and 27 pedestrian injuries occurred during this time. The intersections are also ones that are not already part of larger construction plans.
For instance, new pedestrian signals could be part of Washington Street's planned redesign. In the past two years, 22 pedestrians and bicyclists were struck by vehicles while crossing the city's main thoroughfare, according to Hoboken police reports.