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Residents told NY1 that drivers frequently ran the stop signs at the intersection of Horatio and West 4th Streets, since the traffic lights that sit just a hundred feet further at Eighth Avenue were distracting.

"It's just completely dangerous to cross the street. You can't trust that people are really going to stop at the stop sign," said local Kimberly Markin last week. "If the traffic light is green they are going and not even yielding to the stop sign at all."

But now, the stop signs are now longer obscured by a planter and cars stop at the intersection, thanks to a solution proposed by 20-year resident Eric Weingartner.

Back in 2007, Weingartner asked Community Board 2 to requesting that The Department of Transportation install louvers to the traffic lights. The louvers are filters that affix to and obscure the state of the lights until a driver is right before them.

Community Board 2 approved the plan and sent it to DOT, but somehow it fell through the cracks. After two years of promises and no action, residents called NY1 For You. When NY1 reached out to DOT, the agency installed the louvers immediately.

"I'm really happy it seems like DOT was able to put in the louvers and you can't see the green light at the stop sign and the tree that was in the planter was moved away from the stop sign," says Weingarten. "So everything is visible, pedestrians can walk more easily across the intersection."

Residents say crosswalk signs still need to go up but in the meantime they're just happy that cars are finally stopping at the stop signs.

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