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FDOT Plans Two Highway 29 Crosswalks In Century Following Fatalities, Injuries
October 2, 2024
There have been numerous pedestrians struck and killed or seriously injured in North Century Boulevard in the town of Century on the last several years. And now, the Florida Department of Transportation is planning safety improvements that will include two new crosswalks on the busy roadway.
The crosswalks are proposed for North Century Boulevard (Highway 29) north of Bradley Street, at the Century Food Mart, and the second is proposed about half a mile away just north of Pond Street. The Florida Department of Transportation will use federal funds for the project.
Plans for the crosswalks are about 60% complete. A construction timetable has not yet been finalized.
Each crosswalk will include a concrete divider in the median, signage and handicap accessibility features (pictured left).
Currently, the only marked crosswalk along the entire 3-mile length of Highway 29 in the town limits is at the corner of North Century Boulevard and West Highway 4.
There are no crosswalks near the Rudolph Street intersection where two Brewton women were struck by vehicles in front of a local restaurant in July 2023. Both passed away shortly after the accident.
FDOT organized a traffic study after a pedestrian was struck and killed in March 2021 while trying to cross North Century Boulevard just north of Pond Street (pictured below).
In May 2019, a 26-year-old woman was struck on North Century Boulevard, just south of the Century Branch Library. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, she was standing on the sidewalk and improperly crossed in front of the vehicle (pictured second below). The pedestrian was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital as a trauma alert by LifeFlight helicopter. She also received a ticket from FHP for failing to yield to the oncoming vehicle because she was not in a crosswalk.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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9 Responses to “FDOT Plans Two Highway 29 Crosswalks In Century Following Fatalities, Injuries”
Having resided for 12 years inside the town limits directly on US 29, I suggest that the first, best and cheapest solution should be to ENFORCE THE 35MPH SPEED LIMIT on everyone . . . not just out-of-staters on weekends.
Inattentive drivers and inattentive pedestrians. Why are people stepping out in front of traffic? Don’t assume that the car coming toward you will stop. Last night I stopped at the grocery store and on my way out I checked the crossing area, then started walking across. But a lady came around the corner and entered the crossing area and was driving too quickly. She reached up to pull the visor down due to the evening sun and she almost didn’t see me in time. So I have to be even more careful than I already was and she made the mistake of taking her attention off the crossing area while moving. If the sun was that bad, she should have stopped at the start of the crossing area.
What century needs is a by pass. No need for the rest of the nation to see Florida’s most poorly run town. Mess of a town that it is, lets keep this one hidden. Or maybe we could send the whole town to boarding school, like in West Virgina or Kentucky, where it could blend in.
Yes, there are a lot of suicidal pedestrians, but there are a lot more murderer drivers. we all see it in our neighbourhoods, they zip at 60 mph past the 30 mph speed limit signs. I also understand, the vast majority of commenters here (EC residents) never walk. Com’on folks, walking improves your health tremendously, don’t sit all days long in front of your TVs absorbing stuff they feed you, get some time for yourselves just walk. There are plenty of safe spaces to do it.
This is a total waste of taxpayer money. The people Jay walking will continue to do so, even with the crosswalks. Unless there is some sort of median barrier (like Brownsville in Pensacola has), Pedestrian deaths will continue. Public experience proves that unless restricted into the proper crosswalk areas, people ignore the danger(s).
What’s even more dangerous is the already “finished” side of the road that residents are currently having to use on a daily basis. The dips and lumps are enough to throw any vehicle’s vector of travel off. I say each time I go through there, “This cannot be what’s considered ‘complete’!” Hopefully it will be corrected before throwing two crosswalks in to play.
Why can’t people just learn to cross the street properly and wear light colored clothing or something reflective when crossing the street at night? No matter how many crosswalks is added you can’t fix stupid. Are they going to add red lights as well?
Are there traffic lights at these crosswalks?
Walkers at night usually has dark cloths on and their mindsets are the traffic will have to stop for I have the right of way.
THINK! BEFOREYOU CROSS!
This is an awful idea, most people are just passing through Century to get to Pensacola, or trying to get out of the town that time forgot as quickly as possible. You don’t need anything else to slow you up in Century.