Batavia residents hear IDOT will move faster to make Route 31 safer after one bicyclist killed, one hurt recently, but they say more action needed now
People who favor turning Batavia Avenue in parts of Batavia in to a three-lane road got some good news Tuesday night, as they learned IDOT has agreed to start the process several years early.
"Don't let Emily's life go in vain. How many more lives need to be lost or injured before you do take action?" said Ken White, whose daughter-in-law Emily White died May 26, several days after she was hit while bicycling across Batavia Avenue at Millview Drive. About 80 people attended the discussion at a council meeting Tuesday. It was planned after vehicles hit bicyclists in two crashes in May, including the one involving Emily White. A teenage boy, hit in the other crash crossing at Union Avenue, remains hospitalized.
Resident Kim Hardin, a friend of White's, has been voluntarily guarding kids there since the crashes. She also organized a rally last Sunday at Millview, urging drivers to slow down and the city to take action.
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