Longview improving safety in school zones
Three more Longview school zones will get better safety devices, including signs that remind drivers to slow down, and flashing lights.
Longview, which includes Kelso, has been improving its school zones to make them even safer, beginning with those considered ‘high volume’, like Kessler Elementary and Mark Morris High School.
The three additional schools that should be upgraded in the near future are St. Rose School, the Broadway Learning Center, and Mount Solo Middle School, which will all get both speed signs and flashing lights. Flashing lights will also be installed at the crosswalk at Beech Street/20th Avenue.
Manuel Abarca said he thinks the project will be finished early in 2017. He added that in time, all the school zones in Longview will be improved, so that the zones throughout the city would be consistent.
The job went to Woodland’s Northeast Electric LLC with a bid of $145,000, which is $100,000 less than the amount estimated by the city. A grant from the Safe Routes to School program will pay for most of the work, with the rest coming from Longview’s public safety fund. Money in the fund is generated from fines collected from tickets generated by photo enforcement cameras. The city council voted earlier this year to remove the cameras.
Municipalities like this could benefit by working with newsletter printing companies, which can create informative letters to mail to community residents.
Longview, which includes Kelso, has been improving its school zones to make them even safer, beginning with those considered ‘high volume’, like Kessler Elementary and Mark Morris High School.
The three additional schools that should be upgraded in the near future are St. Rose School, the Broadway Learning Center, and Mount Solo Middle School, which will all get both speed signs and flashing lights. Flashing lights will also be installed at the crosswalk at Beech Street/20th Avenue.
Manuel Abarca said he thinks the project will be finished early in 2017. He added that in time, all the school zones in Longview will be improved, so that the zones throughout the city would be consistent.
The job went to Woodland’s Northeast Electric LLC with a bid of $145,000, which is $100,000 less than the amount estimated by the city. A grant from the Safe Routes to School program will pay for most of the work, with the rest coming from Longview’s public safety fund. Money in the fund is generated from fines collected from tickets generated by photo enforcement cameras. The city council voted earlier this year to remove the cameras.
Municipalities like this could benefit by working with newsletter printing companies, which can create informative letters to mail to community residents.