City park commissioners and Parks Manager Mark Feldkamp are hoping to find ways to protect the historic entrance pillar at the divide between Grand and Lower Grand avenues — and the landscaping around it — from careless drivers, according to an article in The Piedmonter.
Despite new landscaping and restoration work, the pillar is a periodic target for possibly inebriated drivers — an average of three per year. One commissioner labeled it "a drunk-driving trap," according the the article.
Suggestions for protective measures include more lighting and reflective dots.
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