City Council had five restriping options in 2016 study on Frazier Avenue

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- We are learning more about a lawsuit filed in a deadly Northshore crash last November.Octavio Devia Paz was severely injured when a car driven by Randy Vega crashed into him, his wife Ana, and son Jonathan.

Ana and Jonathan were both killed in the crash.

Now, he is suing the city of Chattanooga arguing that they knew that Frazier Avenue’s design was unsafe, based on a 20-16 study.

While changes have been made to that street, the lawsuit argued it wasn’t fast enough.

Here is a look at the 2016 study at the heart of the lawsuit.

There were five options presented to the Chattanooga City Council at the time.

Options one and two still maintained four travel lanes each.

These would have included a buffered bike lane that could have been used by vehicles.

The rest of the options would have had three travel lanes each.

Option three would have had protected bike lanes surrounded by parking.

Option four would have had a buffered bike lane.

Option five would have built an additional sidewalk in addition to the bike line.

The city’s recent restriping of Frazier Avenue is closest to options three and four.

At the time, the City Council rejected changes to the road, where it would stay unchanged for eight years.