There is a now a petition to close the road where four high school students were killed recently in west Marin County.
There is a growing memorial on San Geronimo Valley Road in west Marin County that is still visited by mourners, more than a week after a violent crash that killed four teens and sent two others to the hospital.
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WATCH HEREThe curvy county road is an old highway and one of the only ways into Woodacre, an unincorporated town of just about 1,500 people.
There’s now an online petition to restrict cars on San Geronimo Valley Road, citing the recent deadly crash and another crash last year that left two other high school students hurt.
“I’ve found after the accident last year I drive on it less and less and less,” said Woodacre resident Votch Levi. “It’s dark and it’s got a couple of “S” turns that are tricky. It’s narrow; also deer always jumping out on it.”
The petitioner added the road is often used by horse riders, cyclists or joggers and that it wouldn’t significantly disrupt local traffic patterns. But some people disagree with the petition.
“This is where we access the post office, and go down where there’s a lot of homes, Anderson Church there at the end,” said Woodacre resident Amy Coffman.
Woodacre resident Andrew Andersen said the closure would also impact the town’s local market and deli.
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SIGN UP “Accidents happen on every single road,” he said. “The customers come down here, who live here, they want to come down the road directly to the store.”
Marin County officials said there are no plans to make any changes on that stretch right now, saying they're still waiting for the official California Highway Patrol reports from the recent crash, and then the county would still need to collect data before considering any changes.
“I think all our west Marin roads are narrow and some are dangerous, and I think it’s important that we understand that and take it into context: Is this road any more dangerous? That’s something that we’ll be looking at and determining in the future,” said Marin County Supervisor Dennis Rodoni.
As the community grapples with healing, it's also looking for answers so it never has to go through this again.
“I do think that closing it would be a shame, but maybe making it a one way road or maybe putting some guardrails on it,” Levi said.
