After pedestrian death, state plans traffic study on South Providence Road | Local | columbiamissourian.com

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A year and a half after an MU visiting scholar was killed by a car crossing Providence Road, the Missouri Department of Transportation will conduct a traffic study on a section of the state highway.

MoDOT will examine three details about a stretch of South Providence Road, also known as Highway 163: the average speed cars drive, the accident history and the number of access points to the road.

Trent Brooks, central district traffic engineer for MoDOT, said the agency could also take pedestrians into account.

"Whenever there are pedestrian facilities along the route, then that's something that's taken into consideration," Brooks said.

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