Matt Butler of the Vision Zero Northern Kentucky Taskforce,shared sobering traffic statistics with Fort Thomas City Council. By Robin Gee, city council beat editor Matt Butler of Vision Zero Northern Kentucky shared some sobering information at this month’s city council meeting. He stated that research shows that car accidents are the leading cause of death […]
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Safety Concerns Inspire Residents to Take Action with Volunteer Crosswalk Program for Children
By Jessica Stringfield-Eden Crossing the street is a daily concern for most families in such a walkable community as Fort Thomas. Local children often walk to school and many adults walk their dogs, run and ride their bikes. Crossing busy intersections to get from one side of town to the next is a normal occurrence […]
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Updates on City Projects: Alexander Circle, Burnet Ridge, Crosswalks and More
Long awaited repairs have been completed on the Burnet Ridge stabilization project. By Robin Gee, City Council Beat Editor As fall approaches, several city projects are underway, while others are wrapping up. City Administrator Ron Dill gave an update at the September 17 city council meeting. Burnet Ridge The Burnet Ridge project has been completed. […]
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8 Things Fort Thomas Police Want You to Know to Increase Your Safety Around Town
Fort Thomas, a bedroom community of 16,400 people, is always ranked highly in statistics that make property values high: safety, proximity to a large metropolitan area and schools. Life in Fort Thomas revolves around the award-winning schools and just like the tides, traffic patterns are predictably heaviest during start and end times. Sgt. Will Hunt […]
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Crosswalk Safety Features Cap Off Moyer Project
By Robin Gee, Council Beat Editor The crosswalk at Moyer Elementary is being moved slightly west and rebuilt with new safety features, according to City Administrator Ron Dill. Signs have gone up to warn motorists of the work on the crosswalk, set to be completed by the start of school August 15. Phone: 859-905-0714 – […]
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Police: Pedestrian Struck in Crosswalk on Grand Avenue in Newport
On Thursday in the early morning hours, Newport and Fort Thomas police and emergency responders were dispatched to the corner of Grand Avenue and Churchill Drive after a vehicle collided with a pedestrian at 7:06 a.m. According to police reports, the vehicle was turning east onto Grand Avenue from the light at Churchill Drive when […]
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City of Fort Thomas To Motorists: Start Paying Attention To Crosswalks
The crosswalk in front of Highlands High School on Memorial Parkway. FTM file. In November 2016, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet denied the city of Fort Thomas the use of LED signs on four city crosswalks throughout the city. They said, according to city officials, that because the requests were on state routes, the city would […]
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Fort Thomas City Council Roundup (November 2016)
Mayor Eric Haas and former Mayor, Mary Brown. FTM file. Police Chief Mike Daly detailed two recent incidents a little further in front of Fort Thomas City Council. The first involved a little more about how police captured Todd Hundley, who took police on a two-day chase that started in Bellevue, Kentucky and ended in […]
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Fort Thomas Citizens Express Pedestrian Safety Concerns; City Council Talks Improvements
By Kara Uhl and Mark Collier The crosswalk in front of Highlands High School was originally proposed to be improved by Fort Thomas City Council. FTM file. Have motorists in Fort Thomas been trending toward more dangerous behavior behind the wheel? That’s the question that has been posed recently at Fort Thomas City Council as […]
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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Denies Use of LED Signs on Four City Crosswalks
One Will be Improved The crosswalk on Highland Avenue that serves Moyer Elementary will soon be improved with LED warning signs. In February Fort Thomas City Council unanimously approved a plan to improve five crosswalks with Light-Emitting Diode (LED) warning signs. Fort Thomas City Councilman John Muller initiated the idea after talking with concerned neighbors […]