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Stevensville council debates multiple stop-sign conversions to slow traffic near schools; some motions pass, one fails
Summary
The Town Council considered seven requests to replace yield signs with stop signs on Church, Fifth, Sixth and College streets to improve pedestrian safety. Council, aided by the police chief's observations, approved several installations and rejected at least one change.
The Stevensville Town Council debated and voted on a series of traffic-sign changes intended to slow traffic near school routes and apartment areas, approving several stop-sign installations and rejecting at least one proposal.
Police staff and council members said the changes aim to recondition drivers who routinely roll through yield signs on Church Street and adjacent through-streets. The council moved through multiple related agenda items (items a through g) covering intersections at Church with Fifth and Sixth streets and College with Fourth Street.
The council approved at least one motion to install a stop sign at the northbound corner of Church…
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