JACKSONVILLE, Ala. ( WBRC ) - New upgrades happening in Jacksonville will make walking safer on the campus of Jacksonville State University.

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the city of Jacksonville are working together to help students as they navigate through busy state roads in the area.

“They’re putting medians in here, kind of buffers there for pedestrians in the middle of the road. Serves several purposes, the students and pedestrians must go to the crosswalk to cross but also kind of offers a kind of natural slow down for drivers,” said JSU’s Director of Strategic Communication Josh Underwood.

The push to slow drivers down on campus comes after 22-year-old Leah Tarvin, a JSU student, was struck and killed on SR-21 by a driver in November of 2022 . Stud

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