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Resident raises safety concerns about emergency exit road at Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School
Summary
A Leonardtown resident told St. Mary’s County commissioners that a newly graded farm road intended as an emergency exit from Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School appears incomplete and unsafe for bus traffic, and urged officials to test and finish the route.
Carl Neely, a Leonardtown resident, told the St. Mary’s County commissioners on Sept. 1 that work to create an emergency exit from Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School to Cemetery Road appears incomplete and may be unsafe for school buses.
Neely said a county sign announced the school district would construct an emergency exit road that “is not for public use” and would only be used “in an emergency situation.” He…
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