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Creating safer turns

Drivers approaching the intersection of Wallace Kneeland Boulevard and Shelton Springs Road hoping to make a left-hand turn know they face a challenge, especially when school is about to begin or has just ended at Shelton High School and Oakland Bay Junior High.

The City of Shelton has been proposing building a roundabout there for years and has about $1.6 million in grants earmarked for it.

At a work session on Sept. 10, the Shelton City Council and staff members discussed a quicker and less expensive interim fix: new left-turn signal lights, at a cost of about $20,000.

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