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The space bar in that left turn lane was painted further back on the pavement from the intersection so drivers would stay behind it.

"If a person stops too close to the space bar or on it, it doesn't leave enough room for the buses to get through in the morning," Eng said. The buses need a much wider turning radius, he said.

The board members and Eng discussed adding a right turning lane to Donnybrook near the high school to allow traffic to turn right onto the loop, or relocating the guard shack from its current spot on Donnybrook to Independence Place. Vehicles stopping at the guard shack can slow traffic, Eng said.

Any decisions on relocating the shack would have to go through the school board and district officials, Eng said.

"I am sure they are aware of it," he said.

Adding a right turn lane to Donnybrook would be difficult because the land on that spot slopes downward toward a creek and would need to be leveled, and a retaining wall would need to be added, Eng said.

"There is no easy solution," Eng told board members.

Tim Loper, director of facilities for Tyler ISD, said that a former Lee principal had suggested moving the guard shack a few years ago.

"But there are no plans now to move the guard shack," he said.

Records of crash data from the Tyler Police Department for 2008 through the present showed the intersection has between five and six accidents each year. The most common cause was the failure to yield in a left-hand turn to oncoming traffic, the records show. Disregarding a stop sign or signal was the second most common reason for an accident to happen, according to the police records.