In an effort to keep our families safe, we are lobbying the city to making the corner of NW 24th and Irving a four-way stop.
Our Facilities Committee recently contacted Kurt Krueger, Development Review Manager for the City of Portland, to see about making the corner of NW 24th and Irving a four-way stop. Fruit & Flower has hundreds of kids in attendance and because we have a turnaround only available for drop off and pick up, many of our parents park on nearby streets and walk to their cars with very small children. The traffic on 24th is very fast as most people are bypassing the heavier traffic on 23rd. We told him about the existing four-way stoplight on Kearney and asked him what we steps we need to take to install one on the corner of Irving.
Mr. Krueger thanked for our input and said he would forward the information on to his traffic investigation team that looks into these types of requests. He said it would be helpful if we called and left a message on their hotline as well. Please help us make our drop-offs safer by calling the traffic investigation team hotline (503-823-SAFE) and requesting the stop sign.