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traffic island

a raised area in the middle of a road, designed as a guide for traffic and to provide a stopping place for pedestrians
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However, instead of jail time, public prosecution sentenced the youth to community service, focused on cleaning the street, repairing damaged infrastructure and re-landscaping the traffic island.
Work has now kicked off to recreate the traffic island, which will include resurfacing the area and installing paving slabs.
"I pass the Weeping Cross traffic island on my way to work every morning and the floral displays are better than ever and a great credit to the town.
"I was on the wrong side of the traffic island but you have to continue down the bus lane.
|On Wakefield Road at Lepton two faulty bollards were spotted by MAG on a traffic island for a speed camera.
He lost control of his car which hit a traffic island and railings.
Kevin's so enthralled by humble traffic islands that he has published a number of calendars devoted to them.
When a bus was stationary at one of the stops, irresponsible drivers were in the habit of overtaking the bus by passing dangerously on the wrong side of the traffic island.
Residents and shop owners of the area, headed by the Tseri Avenue initiative committee, handed a memo to a representative of Mayor Lazaros Savvides, asking that the municipality drops its outdated plans to put up a traffic island and barriers along the avenue.
Of primary concern, the manager said the World War I monument and the memorial garden on the traffic island in the heart of Tatnuck Square "will not be touched.''
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