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Residents urge county and Florence to act on Orleans Boulevard safety as officials schedule joint review
Summary
Residents told Boone County Fiscal Court the Orleans Boulevard corridor is overloaded and dangerous, citing speed, volume and close calls at school bus stops; county staff and the sheriff’s office pledged joint work with the city of Florence and the Traffic Safety Committee and invited the public to a transportation-plan event April 22.
Trevor Nelson, a resident of 8390 Orleans Boulevard, told the Boone County Fiscal Court on March 11 that long‑standing traffic and speeding problems on Orleans Boulevard and the nearby ‘Little Orleans’ neighborhood have become a safety crisis for families and schoolchildren. Nelson said he has discussed the issue with Florence’s public services staff and cited a daily volume figure of 3,000 cars and that “85% of the traffic in Orleans Boulevard is going at least 10 miles per hour over the speed limit.”
Nelson recommended re‑aligning Long Branch to connect directly to U.S. 42 or Bowman Way to divert through traffic from neighborhood…
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