Signs For Lower Speed Limits Absent In 25 Neighborhoods
Of the 30 city neighborhoods where speed limits will be lowered, signs have gone up in only five, according to Bruce Steele, city transportation director.
Two of those are in the Nevada-Lidgerwood area, where people have complained long and hard about trucks and other traffic using residential streets as shortcuts to commercial areas along Division.
Resident Sandy Smith said the signs along Cozza Drive, Nevada Street, Lincoln Road and Standard Street have not slowed the leadfoots.
Part of the problem may be that one of the signs at Division and Cozza is hard to see. Another problem is the lack of any enforcement by police.
The neighborhood is expected to meet this week with a city traffic officer to discuss the issue.
Neighborhoods aren’t waiting
The Northeast Community Center is not waiting for the mayor’s idea of neighborhood councils to take hold before getting neighborhoods to share common issues.
Since summer, the center has organized a chat session for steering committee members from four northeast neighborhoods: Hillyard, Nevada-Lidgerwood, Chief Garry Park and Logan.
The sessions have touched on topics ranging from code enforcement to junk removal, parks, basketball courts and computer technology. AmeriCorps worker Jeff Gombosky has organized the meetings.
Congratulations graduates
Congrats to graduates of the latest Institute for Neighborhood Leadership sponsored jointly by the West Central and Northeast Community centers. Those finishing the curriculum at West Central were: Karen Baker, Valerie Harper-Murdoch, Vanda Hoecher, Lori Bertis, Diane Jones, Nadine Hawley, Jeremy Street, Sandy Smith and Lucy Reiner.
Northeast graduates were: Debra Ryan, Lynn Weiler, Luann Suryan, E. VanderWeil, Joe VanderWeil, Irene Whicker, Iris Little, Paul Bell, Gloria Fontinell, Jim Patterson, Ethel Allen, Louis Allen, John Jenkins and Joan Moran.
The next session of the institute starts in mid January.
For more information, call the Northeast Community Center, 487-1603.
Traffic delays continue
In case you haven’t noticed, roadwidening work on State Highway 291, also known as Nine Mile Road, is causing delays between Lowell Road and Nine Mile Falls.
Delays of 10 minutes can be expected, with flaggers routing traffic in one lane around the construction. Last week traffic was delayed for 30 minutes when a section of asphalt was removed.
“Delays of that length should not occur again,” the Department of Transportation says in a press release.
Santa in Hillyard
The Greater Hillyard Business Association is holding a breakfast with Santa from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hillyard Masonic Temple, 3023 E. Diamond.
The meal will be prepared by Chris Carlson of the Coffee Pot Cafe, and a photographer will be available to take pictures of children with Santa.
Breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee and is $1.50 for children and $3 for adults.
Proceeds from the event will go toward the painting of two future murals in downtown Hillyard.
, DataTimes