Street safety, speeding, and lighting in residential neighborhoods
Summary
Public Works outlined priorities including the Cesar Chavez widening, 10th Avenue widening, Union Street signal improvements, Lakin subsidence repair, the 10th Avenue/Los Alamos curve safety project returning to ADOT's schedule, and relocation of a pedestrian HAWK crossing to Main and Daken.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 7
- Last 30 days
- 3
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 28, 2026.
Impact analysis
Individual project costs range from $8,000 to multimillion-dollar deferrals like the County 25th Street extension.
Commuters, students crossing Main Street, and drivers on the dangerous Los Alamos curve.
Blind residents currently cross with no audible or tactile guidance, putting them at risk.
Mentions & discussions (6)
Regular City Council Meeting — October 28, 2026
A resident reported a near-fatal incident involving a speeding vehicle and a six-year-old near Utah and E, and called the city's street lighting the worst he's seen — grades F and up. He asked for proactive traffic calming, marked crossings, restored four-way stops, and better lighting before a fatality happens.
Regular City Council Meeting — October 14, 2026
Resident James Allen Jr. told the council the city lacks marked pedestrian crossings, four-way stops near schools like Sixth Avenue, and adequate street lighting — and asked for a commission dedicated to residents with disabilities. Council can't act on unagendized items but can put them on future agendas.
Regular City Council Meeting — June 24, 2026
Council discussed how to get LED streetlights in older neighborhoods with dim orange high-pressure sodium bulbs — APS only swaps them when they burn out, and a full conversion would cost the city. Staff suggested a possible APS partnership.
Regular City Council Meeting — June 10, 2026
Thirteen new streetlights will go in along east Sidewinder Road between Eighth Avenue and County 22nd, improving visibility for drivers, walkers and emergency responders. Rydell Construction chipped in $33,000 from a 2016 development agreement.
Regular City Council Meeting — May 27, 2026
A resident asked the council to add accessible signals and tactile barriers so blind pedestrians can cross city streets safely — she noted Yuma has some and Somerton has none, and suggested it belongs in the budget being drafted.
Budget Retreat — April 17, 2026
Public Works outlined priorities including the Cesar Chavez widening, 10th Avenue widening, Union Street signal improvements, Lakin subsidence repair, the 10th Avenue/Los Alamos curve safety project returning to ADOT's schedule, and relocation of a pedestrian HAWK crossing to Main and Daken.
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