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Residents press Wheeler council for traffic-calming and photo-radar after near-misses on Highway 101
Summary
Residents and business owners told Wheeler council repeated high-speed passes and near-miss pedestrian incidents on Highway 101 risk lives; council agreed to compile video evidence, request speed data, and schedule a meeting with ODOT and state representatives to seek engineering and enforcement remedies including radar displays and flashing beacons.
Multiple Wheeler residents and business owners pressed the City Council for urgent action after several videos, and eyewitness accounts, showed vehicles passing in the wrong lane and narrowly missing pedestrians on Highway 101 through downtown Wheeler.
A resident who submitted written testimony, Mark Nelson, asked the council to consider photo radar with a six-week no-penalty trial and digital speed readouts to improve compliance. Councilors then showed council-screened video clips…
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