Flashing beacons at Salisbury crosswalks get pedestrian test

SALISBURY — The flashing beacons at the Main Street (Route 44) crosswalks — and a third where the Rail Trail crosses Salmon Kill Road — are installed and functioning.

It took almost three years to get the flashing lights, which are activated when the pedestrian pushes a button.

During recent events in town — the Memorial Day parade, the abortion-rights and gun-control rallies on the Green — a reporter observed that while some people took care to use the crosswalk near the junction of Routes 44 and 41, many did not push the button, or even appear to realize the button was there.

Many others skipped the crosswalk altogether.

And jaywalking in the center of the village during normal times remains common.

As gun violence protestors marched to Town Hall on Saturday, June 11, two reporters walking on the Town Hall side of Main Street observed a man walk out into Main Street, some 25 yards from the crosswalk in the village center, holding his hands up like a traffic cop to stop cars.

The protestors, on the other hand, were scrupulous about using the crosswalks — and pushing the button to activate the beacons.

The flashing beacons were first proposed in a petition to the Board of Selectmen from Tom Schachtman and John Pogue in October 2019.

It took almost three years because the  state Department of Transportation was operating under COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

And the pandemic made it difficult to a) find a contractor and b) get the materials.

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