Washington Primary Students Want Traffic Signal at 'Hazardous' Huntington Station Intersection

Washington Primary students are taking buses to Suffolk County Legislative offices Tuesday to discuss their concerns regarding the lack of a traffic signal at the intersection of Whitson Road and Park Avenue in Huntington Station.

About 60 students and 10 adults on the Washington Primary Leadership Team will explain to the Suffolk County Legislature why there should be a traffic signal placed at that location.

The team wishes to add a traffic signal for the following reasons:

• The intersection has caused a number of vehicle accidents over the years.
• Washington Primary School sits about 1,000 feet from the intersection. It is difficult for school buses and vehicles to safely travel north on Park Avenue after heading east on Whitson Road due to Park Avenue’s heavy traffic.
• The school bus drivers have even noted the dangers of this intersection. Many of them use alternate and longer routes to avoid the hazardous intersection.

The Leadership Team will then present signed petitions supporting the change and persuasive essays written by students to the Legislature.

Huntington Coach Bus Company, which has also been directly affected by the absence of a traffic signal at this intersection, provided the Leadership Team with two buses as transportation to the meeting.

Washington Primary Leadership Team is made up of the entire fourth grade class at Washington Primary School. Team members practice their leadership skills inside and outside of school.

Leadership Team members have worked all year on this issue. They:

• Collected over 300 signatures at school functions
• Canvassed the local neighborhood to look for more signatures
• Knocked on doors and left flyers on mailboxes to spread the word of this issue

The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at Suffolk County Legislative offices, located at 725 Veterans Memorial Highway in Smithtown. The Leadership Team will stay until legislators break for lunch at 12:30 p.m.

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