3 weeks ago Share The pedestrian crossing is part of a plan to connect more neighborhoods to the town’s future trail systems and the West Orange Trail.
With the population and traffic increasing in Oakland, the Town Commission wanted to go the extra step in creating a safe pedestrian crosswalk across Oakland Avenue at the entrance to the Longleaf at Oakland subdivision.
Commissioners at the March 9 meeting passed the first reading of an ordinance that would allow the town to install not only mid-block crosswalk markings but also rectangular rapid-flashing beacons and additional signage at Oakland Avenue and Sansparilla Road. The static signs are to be installed this week but the flashing beacons won’t go in until April, staff said.