The intersection of 8th Street and Highland Avenue, near Arnold Elementary School in downtown Cleveland, Tenn., has been the scene of a number of accidents.CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The intersection of Eighth Street and Highland Avenue is receiving a lot of attention from several quarters of the city government.
At a recent meeting, Cleveland officials discussed their concerns and possible solutions to prevent accidents at the intersection, located between Arnold Elementary School and the city’s greenway.
“Something needs to be done, and it needs to be more than just the city police slowing traffic as it comes down Highland with radar,” City Councilman Bill Estes said. “Something needs to be done at that intersection before someone is paralyzed, before a kid is hit.”
Estes asked whether a four-way stop sign might help because a contributing factor is the speed of vehicles going downhill, headed north on Highland.
Removable speed tables — large wide humps in the road — could be a solution, Councilman George Poe suggested.