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Board drafts resolution asking DOT and tribal authorities to add lighted school‑zone signs and speed feedback on Highway 64 at Shiprock schools
Summary
The board read a resolution asking state and tribal authorities to post lighted school‑zone signs, radar speed signs and a double‑fine zone on Highway 64 near Shiprock High School, Eva B. Stokley Elementary and Career Prep to improve student safety; the resolution asks implementation consistent with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
The Central Consolidated Schools Board reviewed a proposed resolution on Jan. 21 asking New Mexico Department of Transportation, Navajo Nation authorities and other relevant agencies to install lighted school‑zone signage and radar speed feedback displays on Highway 64 adjacent to Shiprock High School, Eva B. Stokley Elementary School and Career Prep.
The draft resolution requests that lighted signs be active one hour before through one hour after the schools’ starting and dismissal bell schedules (for example 7:30–9:30 a.m. and 2:30–4:30 p.m.), that radar feedback signs show vehicle speeds, and that the state consider a double‑fine school zone on that stretch of highway. The resolution cites the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for guidance on school‑zone signage and asks agencies to work with the district to implement the safety mechanisms.
Board Member Gary Montoya, who observed traffic speed concerns on Highway 64, brought the resolution; district staffer Germaine Chappell read the draft into the record and said the resolution would be forwarded to relevant agencies for consideration.
Ending: The board read the resolution; no formal roll call vote was recorded at the time of reading. The district plans to submit the resolution to state and tribal transportation authorities and coordinate next steps with the board and local law‑enforcement partners.
