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Oktibbeha supervisors back speed-calming measures after residents cite repeated wrecks and damaged property
Summary
Residents from multiple neighborhoods told the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors that gravel roads, rutting and high-speed driving are damaging property and creating safety risks; the board acknowledged public comments and later authorized non‑aggressive speed bumps on Horseshoe Circle.
Residents from several Oktibbeha County neighborhoods used the board's citizens comment period to press supervisors for fixes to local gravel roads and for measures to curb high-speed driving that residents said has repeatedly sent vehicles into yards.
Natalie White, a resident of the Montgomery Woods area, told the board that vehicles have repeatedly damaged cars, fences and mailboxes on Fortshoe Circle and Horseshoe Circle, and said a drunk driver recently ran into her yard. "I ask that speed bumps are considered because neighbors are already spending…
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