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Residents urge action on traffic-signal timing and question solar-farm plan near railroad tourism
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 18 Salem County meeting, a resident described a near-miss with a tractor-trailer running a red light and urged longer signal timing; the same commenter raised concerns that a parcel sold for a proposed solar farm could harm local railroad-tourism operations.
Public comment at the Feb. 18 Salem County Board of County Commissioners meeting focused on two community concerns: intersection safety and a proposed land use change near a railroad tourism operation.
A resident (identified in the transcript as Speaker 7) described a close call: "I was almost killed five days ago, walking across the street ... a tractor trailer came flying through the town, blew…
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