Tapping the brakes: Residents want to see speed limit on state highway lowered
Vehicles fly by one another on state Highway 37 on Sept. 7 near a cross marking the spot of a fatal wreck. Residents of the road want to see the speed limit lowered to 55 miles per hour. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)
A sign marking the start of the 70 mile per hour zone on state Highway 37. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)
A vehicle heads along state Highway 37 on Sept. 7. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)
A group of residents along state Highway 37 want to see the speed limit dropped to 55 miles per hour, saying the thoroughfare has grown increasingly busy and dangerous in recent years.
They presented the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners with a petition, signed by 225 people, calling for the speed limit reduction on Sept 1...
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