Overview
- The city installed the first solar-powered LED stop sign at Annapolis and Pardee near Pardee Elementary on Monday, launching a program created after 12-year-old Joey Smith was killed there in 2022.
- More than $700,000 is budgeted for 250 signs, with about 80% covered by Michigan's Safe Streets For All grant and the city paying the rest.
- Officials plan 249 additional installations in the coming months, prioritizing intersections near schools and parks.
- Next steps include a newly approved pedestrian crosswalk on Beach Daly in front of Crestwood High School and speed humps at parks and schools.
- The rollout is phase two after a police enforcement push, and the police chief urged cyclists, parents, and new drivers to treat safety as a shared duty.