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Newton commissioners decline to approve long Main Street parade; ask organizers to submit shorter route
Summary
Organizers asked to close Main Street from Twelfth Street to Midway Motors for a 30-minute cruise night parade on May 2. Police and staff raised safety and traffic-control concerns; commissioners asked organizers to revise the application for an Eleventh-to-Fifth Street route and return for formal approval.
Organizers of Newton’s annual Cruise Night asked the City Commission to allow a rolling parade on Main Street on May 2 that would start at the high school and travel to Midway Motors, a route organizers estimated could carry roughly 200 vehicles and last about 30 minutes. After extended discussion about traffic, policing and safety, commissioners did not approve the long route and instructed staff and organizers to prepare a revised street-closing application for a shorter route from Eleventh Street to Fifth Street and to submit it to KDOT for review.
The request came from Marion, a Cruise Night organizer, who said the plan was to stage at the high school, have officers block…
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