MORGANTOWN — Poor sight lines, too much speed and an elementary school.
That’s a basic description of the intersection of Grafton and Goshen roads, and according to parents of Ridgedale Elementary School students, a dangerous combination.
The Monongalia County Commission said it intends to forward those concerns on to the West Virginia Division of Highways.
“That intersection is very dangerous. Not only for pulling in and out onto Goshen Road, but also onto U.S. 119 (Grafton Road),” Taryn Moser told the commission. “I travel that road every day … The speed limit is 55, but I call it the Grafton Expressway because most people go faster than that.”
Moser said that she has two sons who attend the school. She said she would like to see the intersection treated as an extended school safety zone.
The crossroads have flashing lights and a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour, much of which was put in place following the death of a 12-year old boy, who was struck and killed near the intersection on Sept. 2, 2014.
When the issue was raised during a recent meeting of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization, DOH representative Brian Carr said there are specific criteria that govern what is considered a “school zone.”
“It sounds like all the signs that are legally allowed to be out there, are,” he said.
“I think they’d like a light,” MPO Policy Board Chair Tom Bloom responded, adding “That’s what we need there.”
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