The Alabama Department of Transportation will be making changes on Highway 21 near Jacksonville State University following the death of student Leah Tarvin, who was hit by a vehicle nearly two weeks ago and died days later.
Transportation Director John Cooper and other ALDOT officials met with JSU President Dr. Don Killingsworth, members of his staff and Jacksonville Mayor Johnny L. Smith last week, a meeting requested by ALDOT, according to a press release issued Monday.
As part of these changes, a new traffic signal will be installed at Skelton Street. Once the new signal is installed, Harris said, the mid-block pedestrian crosswalks in front of Brewer Hall and Merrill Hall will be removed and a crosswalk will be installed at the Skelton Street signal.
Tarvin was from Cullman County. She graduated from Holly Pond High School and then attended Wallace State. She was studying forensic investigations at JSU. “For decades, members of the JSU community have been injured or even killed while crossing the two state highways that intersect our campus,’’ according to a JSU statement. “We have already had four pedestrians injured in three accidents on these roadways this year.”
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