The Downtown Commission in Austin, Texas, is recommending that the City Council allocate $600,000 in the 2025 Fiscal Year budget to purchase street barricades for improved pedestrian safety during large-scale events, following a recent fatal hit-and-run incident that killed one person and left another in critical condition.
The Downtown Commission in Austin , Texas, is recommending that the City Council allocate $600,000 in the 2025 Fiscal Year budget to purchase street barricades for improved pedestrian safety during large-scale events , following a recent fatal hit-and-run incident that killed one person and left another in critical condition.
Austin's Downtown Commission is meeting Wednesday night to approve a recommendation for the City Council to purchase additional street barricades to keep pedestrians safe during large-scale events. Once approved, the recommendation will make its way to the City Council; then, it will be their decision to appropriate the funding for street barricades in the 2025 Fiscal Year budget. The half-a-million-dollar investment would allow the Austin Police Department, Transportation, and Public Works Department to own street barricades to improve pedestrian safety, rather than rent them like they've done in the past. "It is expensive, but renting these all the time is expensive, too," said Downtown Austin Commissioner, Kimberly Levinson. "I just don't think that there's any question, but that to spend less than $600,000 to save a lot of lives it's well worth it." Levinson, also the Vice Chair of the Pedestrian Advisory Council, said this issue hits home for he
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