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Operations committee recommends reducing speed limit on Lamar Parkway after residents raise safety concerns
Summary
After several residents described near-misses and heavy traffic on Lamar Parkway, the operations committee voted to recommend an ordinance to the Board of Aldermen lowering the speed limit on a neighborhood segment of the road.
The City of Pacific operations committee voted Oct. 30 to recommend that the Board of Aldermen lower the speed limit on a residential stretch of Lamar Parkway after multiple residents urged action.
Two residents who live on Lamar Parkway told the committee the roadway—known to some neighbors as “Drag Strip Parkway”—carries commuter and school traffic at speeds they consider unsafe for a now-developed subdivision. "There's a bunch of homes there and a lot of folks live there," said Chuck Justice, who identified himself as a…
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