CHARLOTTE — Charlotte transportation workers are beginning the process of determining whether speed humps could help slow drivers down on an East Charlotte street where a 6-year-old girl was killed.
The latest review comes after Mariana Espinoza was hit and killed while getting off her school bus last month on Barrington Drive.
New stop signs were recently installed at the intersection, but video shared with Channel 9 Tuesday showed drivers ignoring them.
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The neighbor who pushed for the stop signs is also asking the city to install speed humps and streetlights to make the area safer.
Charlotte’s Department of Transportation told the neighbor it has already ordered a traffic count to study the volume of vehicles on Barrington Drive.
CDOT says the process from a request to installation of traffic-calming measures typically takes anywhere from six months to two years.