Creating safe passage at Brook and Parham
The Times-Dispatch reports on efforts by Henrico County to make Brook Road near Parham Road safer for the disabled residents of St. Joseph’s Villa: The $1.7 million project, partly funded by the state, will add a third southbound lane to Brook Road, from Parham Road to Villa Park Drive. The project also will bring a sidewalk […]
The Times-Dispatch reports on efforts by Henrico County to make Brook Road near Parham Road safer for the disabled residents of St. Joseph’s Villa:
The $1.7 million project, partly funded by the state, will add a third southbound lane to Brook Road, from Parham Road to Villa Park Drive. The project also will bring a sidewalk and drainage improvements to the western side of Brook Road, adjacent to Hollybrook.
Officials with Henrico and the Virginia Department of Transportation could not say late last week how many pedestrian accidents have occurred in the area in recent years. But Montgomery said a resident of Hollybrook died in 1993 after being struck by a car as he attempted to cross Brook Road.
Pedestrian access and safety have been improved through a series of projects over the years, including the construction of a sidewalk on the eastern side of Brook Road and the installation of crosswalks. For about two years, county and state officials have been discussing the latest plan for improvements but only recently were able to secure sufficient funding.
“It’s been a sort of one-step-at-a-time thing,” said Todd Eure of Henrico’s department of public works.
To coincide with the Brook Road improvements, the county is looking to install street lights in the area.
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