Speeding on detour route raises concern
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October 13, 2013 |
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A detour due to a federal road construction
project is causing headaches and concerns for
some who live on twisty, narrow Lookout View
Road, now being used by many driving between
Moravia and Highway 95.
"This is a serious wreck just waiting to
happen," said Jereme Grove.
According to Grove, traffic has increased nearly
12-fold, and drivers are ignoring the posted 25
mile-per-hour speed limit and no passing signs.
In normal times, he said, you'd see around 15 to
20 vehicles on the road a day, now he's seeing
around 200.
The detour is expected to remain in place
through the rest of the month and possibly into
November.
"There was one guy came through here at about 60
miles an hour and passed another rig right on
the curb," Grove said. "He actually came up in
my yard. If he'd lost it, he'd have been in my
living room. And it's happening all the time. I
worry someone is going to get killed."
Grove said he asked both Sheriff Greg Sprungl
and Boundary County commissioners about
increasing patrols to provide speed enforcement,
but his requests have gone unanswered.
"If they'd started enforcing the speed limit
right after the detour was put in place, handed
out a few tickets, people would have gotten the
message," Grove said.
He and his girlfriend, he said, have gone so far
as get license numbers and descriptions of
particularly egregious offenders and call them
in, agreeing to sign citations, but even those
calls go unreturned.
Prior to the detours going into effect, county
road and bridge crews did what they could to
make the route safer, dropping the speed limit
from 35 to 25 miles per hour and posting signs,
widening and straightening the roadway where
possible.
But Lookout View Road remains a narrow and
twisty country lane, not even a true two lane,
Grove said. And unless drivers slow down, he
said, he expects the worst. |
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