Muscatine adds temporary stop sign to busy intersection

The City of Muscatine is taking steps to reduce accidents at a busy intersection.

The city’s Department of Public Works is installing a temporary stop sign at the intersection of Bidwell and Leroy streets beginning Wednesday, May 15. After many complaints about the intersection and several recent accidents, the sign is being installed. The temporary stop sign will be on northbound Bidwell at Leroy Street.

The traffic safety committee based the decision on a traffic county study that was completed in April. The northbound section of Bidwell and the eastbound section of Leroy are both uncontrolled and there have been several accidents at the intersection in the past, including one a few weeks ago.

The committee may recommend making the sign permanent to the City Council, depending on its impact on traffic.

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