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My condolences to Joel's family and friends. I live in the neighborhood off Covington, and I think of Joel and say a prayer for him every time I walk by that intersection. It's terribly dangerous. Part of the issue is the volume of cars on Main Ave and another part is the high rate of speed at which they travel - definitely not at the speed limit. According to the article "possible improvements include “extending the existing raised median beyond Covington Drive, restricting the through crossing movement. This [concrete] median will have a break to allow left turns into Shell’s western driveway. This will aid in eliminating cross movement of vehicles at Covington.” This will also restrict the drivers coming out of Covington from taking a left hand turn onto Main. My concern with this suggested median is that instead of people going "right only" when leaving Covington onto Main, they will cut through the nearby parking lot to take their left - and cars coming from the direction of the Shell station will take a left into the parking lot next to Covington to cut into the neighborhood. This will only move the problem up a few hundred feet. The article also says that RIDOT will seek the opinion of the community - how will they being doing that? I'd like to voice my opinion - not to challenge what Joel's family is suggesting - but to provide some input from those that live in the neighborhood. I definitely think improvements could be made that work for us all.