PITTSFIELD — You might have noticed some changes along Pittsfield's West Street.

The road now features narrower lanes, flashing beacons, a newly activated traffic light at the intersection of West and West streets, and three raised pedestrian crossings — which function as speed bumps — near Dewey Avenue, Dorothy Amos Park and St. Mark’s Catholic Church.

Ricardo Morales, Pittsfield's commissioner of public works and utilities, said the $2.1 million project is "substantially complete," meaning all major work — including utility and drainage work, structure adjustments, milling, paving and line painting — is finished and the city is reviewing the work done by Ludlow Construction Co., the project's contractor, for final adjustments.

Pittsfield's West Street redesign project is "substantially complete," according to Ricardo Morales, the city's commissioner of public works and utilities.

Morales said that might include small tweaks such as additional landscaping work and tuning the timing of the pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic lights.

On Thursday — about 45 days after it started flashing red and yellow — the new traffic light at West and West streets was brought online. Morales said the light was required to flash for at least 30 days under Massachusetts Department of Transportation specifications before it could be placed into normal operation, but there wasn't a specific reason it remained in flashing mode beyond that period.

The pedestrian crossing lights at the intersection, which were previously turned off with their buttons covered with cardboard, have also been activated.

Prior to the light’s activation, northbound drivers were controlled by stop signs at the intersection.

Pittsfield's West Street now features crossing with flashing beacons and wheelchair ramps.

The city reminded residents on Wednesday that drivers must obey the new traffic pattern at the intersection, which includes bike lanes and dedicated turn lanes.

"Please drive slowly and use caution in this area as people adjust to this new traffic signal," reads a statement from the city.

The flashing beacons along the street were funded through a $235,000 grant from the DOT's Shared Streets and Spaces Program. They flash yellow lights and play the audio message, "warning lights are flashing," when pedestrians activate them by pressing a button.

The project also added wheelchair ramps at crosswalks.

Pittsfield's West Street now features narrower lanes.

Morales said he was glad to have the project's finish line in sight.

"We started the work as soon as we could," he said.

The project gained momentum after a pair of fatal pedestrian crashes in 2023 that killed Shaloon Milord, who was crossing West Street near Dorothy Amos Park with her 3-year-old daughter, and Shane Cassavant, who was struck by a driver while working in a construction zone along the road.

Bike lanes were added to Pittsfield's West Street as part of its $2.1 million redesign.

Both incidents spurred residents to demand safer streets, and after a series of community meetings, the city agreed to narrow the road to 11-foot travel lanes, a 10-foot turning lane and a five-foot bike lane. The road was criticized for sections with 15-foot-wide lanes, which residents said encouraged people to drive at unsafe speeds.

Near where Milord was hit, there's now a sign warning drivers of the bump their vehicles will experience when driving through the raised crosswalk by Dorothy Amos Park.

"I'm glad that we're able to finish this [project] to make our streets safer for everyone," Morales said.

"It's unfortunate that we're doing this in reaction to an unsafe situation that resulted in death."