Crosswalks 4 Precinct 4<\/a> during a March 6 news conference in front of Morton Ranch High School.<\/p>\n\u201cFrom restriping crosswalks to upgrading traffic signals and rebuilding sidewalks, we are investing in safer streets for our children and families,\u201d Briones said in a March 6 news release. \u201cSafety does not take a break, and neither does your county government. At the end of the day, our goal is to keep your family safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The specifics<\/p>\n
The project\u2014which will repaint crosswalks, curbs and stop sign road markings\u2014produces just over $171,000 worth of upgrades for crosswalks in 12 \u201chigh-traffic school zones\u201d detected from crash data and community input, officials said.<\/p>\n
Project locations include:<\/p>\n
Alief ISD<\/p>\n
Holub Middle SchoolAlief Taylor High SchoolPetrosky Elementary SchoolAlbright Middle SchoolCy-Fair ISDKaty ISDGolbow Elementary SchoolMorton Ranch Elementary SchoolMorton Ranch High SchoolT.H. McDonald Junior High SchoolCharter schoolsCalvin Nelms Charter SchoolsSchool of Science and Technology AdvancementInternational Leadership of Texas, Westpark K-8<\/p>\n
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Additionally, Briones is collaborating with Houston Mayor John Whitmire and council member Abbie Kamin to install advanced technological crosswalks with push-button activated flashing beacons and accessible ramps throughout Houston, including at Houston ISD\u2019s Sinclair Elementary, financed by $60,000 in funding from Kamin, per the release.<\/p>\n
Diving in deeper<\/p>\n
Briones, a mother of three and a former teacher, said safety is her \u201ctop priority\u201d and emphasized the need to address safety issues, especially in high-injury network corridors such as the area near Morton Ranch High School.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know along this 1 mile of Morton Ranch, near the Morton Ranch High School, there have been three deaths and approximately 19 serious injuries over a five-year period\u2014that is three deaths and 19 injuries too many,\u201d Briones said.<\/p>\n
Henry Azie, a sophomore at Morton Ranch, said how important making these improvements can be for students who encounter them daily.<\/p>\n
\u201cRepainting the crosswalks may seem like a small change, but for students who walk to school across the street every day, it makes a big difference,\u201d Azie said.<\/p>\n
In case you missed it<\/p>\n
Precinct 4 previously completed crosswalks for Cy-Fair, Katy, Tomball, Alief and Waller independent school districts during winter break, Community Impact<\/a> reported.<\/p>\nMoving forward<\/p>\n
The crosswalks are all set to be completed by the end of spring break, weather permitting, Briones said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 60 crosswalks across Harris County Precinct 4 will receive a makeover while students are away for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[663,405,56,58,57,78549],"class_list":{"0":"post-198858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crosswalks","9":"tag-harris-county","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-morton-ranch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}