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Dana mayor urges action after drivers speed past school bus stop; county offers trial radar speed-display signs
Summary
Dana Mayor Joe Sintaro told LaSalle County highway officials that motorists often speed through three town blocks where children wait at a bus stop; county staff said stop signs were placed without authority, offered solar-powered radar speed-display signs from county inventory, and agreed to a 6–12 month trial with a follow-up report.
Joe Sintaro, introduced in the meeting record as mayor of Dana, told LaSalle County highway officials that he and residents are seeing motorists "fly" through three downtown blocks on Washington Street where children congregate at a school bus stop, and that a prior experiment with stop signs and flashing lights reduced speeds before the signs were removed after complaints.
"I'm just here today just to ask you to reconsider for a problem that we see," Sintaro said, describing calls from neighbors and one historical incident when a…
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