City develops plan to make dangerous Walnut Grove intersection safer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The City of Memphis has developed plans to make one deadly intersection safer.

We’re talking about Walnut Grove at Farm Road, where a cyclist was killed three weeks ago.

Cyclist Arnold Castro and a friend were in the crosswalk waiting to cross Walnut Grove at Farm Road when one car hit another car knocking that car into the bikers.

Here’s how the City’s “Bike-Ped Memphis” coordinator intends to make that intersection safer:

• A new pedestrian-bicycle path will be installed and protected by concrete barriers.
• No more standing on the shoulder of the road while cars fly by at 50 miles per hour.
• The push button to request the WALK signal.. will be moved to that protected area.
• The crosswalk will be re-aligned to make it a shorter distance.
• New pavement markings and fresh asphalt will be added to help guide drivers.

The timeline for these changes is set to be finished by mid-January.