UPDATE: When contacted by Kaukauna Community News, Street Superintendent Jake Van Gompel noted that the city has made some improvements to the area last year with restricting parking, updating signage and removing trees for better visibility.
Van Gompel said he will visit the area Friday to review signage and markings and will report back on the concern of the school pavement markings in this area.
KAUKAUNA — “See what you can do to bring this to the right attention before someone does a rolling stop into a first grader,” says Jamie Smithey.
He’s talking about what he says are worn out pavement markings near two schools on Kaukauna’s south side.
Smithey, who lives in the Thelen Estates neighborhood, is near Electa Quinney Elementary and Dr. H.B. Tanner Early Learning Center.
Several streets that lead into Ann Street have outdated or missing pavement markings.
Sullivan Avenue, Glenview Avenue, Parkwood Drive and Thelen Avenue have no indication that drivers are coming up on a school zone, Smithey points out.
Last summer, the City of Kaukauna did work on the sidewalks and crosswalks, so Smithey says he was hopeful the street paint would be updated.
Smithey says he called the city in late summer last year, and says he was told “they would pass along the concern to the correct department.”
With the warmer temperatures coming back and more kids out to play, Smithey says it’s time to bring this topic back up.
