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At Dogwalk Musings, the blogmistress wonders about those flaggers that are standing at the median of Highway 95 intersections to protect fresh concrete from vandals here.
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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Pounder on May 13 at 3:19 p.m.
They are there for the safety of pedestrians, though they may be few and far between. To put in the new curb they have to cut the pavement back to give them a little room to work in building the curb. This leaves an abrupt edge on the pavement, and some hapless pedestrian could trip over this edge or fall off it. This would leave the contractor and/or agencies open to a lawsuit that might cost far more of your tax dollars than the flaggers cost.
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Bent on May 13 at 8:28 p.m.
Pounder is right. Accessibility for some peoeple to cross those intersections has been compromised during reconstruction. Those gaurds are there to assist pedestrians, school children, ect.
Kibby on May 14 at 10:09 a.m.
As well as anyone with a mobilty impairment….