Raleigh adds new stop signs on Clark Avenue after NC State professor's death
City leaders approved the changes after more than 12,000 residents demanded safety improvements on Clark Avenue.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The City of Raleigh will add new stop signs at three intersections on Clark Avenue near N.C. State University.
That includes the Pogue Street intersection, where a professor was hit and killed in a crosswalk last year.
On Tuesday, the City Council approved the new signs, which are set to go up within the next week.
The stop signs will create a four-way stop at Pogue, Horne and Chamberlain streets.
The changes come after the community urged the city to improve safety on Clark Avenue. More than 12,000 people signed a petition claiming the death of N.C. State professor Natalia Duque-Wilckens was the result of "known and unaddressed safety failures."
The 41-year-old died in November after she was hit in the crosswalk.
Jack Etheridge, 19, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and failure to yield.
