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Cedar City staff recommend hiring trained traffic-control vendors for state-road events; council requests formal proposal and budget
Summary
Police and events staff urged the council to require trained traffic-control technicians and consider a city subsidy for nonprofit events; staff will return with a formal policy proposal and budget request after estimating costs and qualifying criteria.
Cedar City police and events staff on Feb. 14 told the City Council that growth and safety concerns mean volunteers can no longer safely handle many street closures on state roads and major thoroughfares.
Chief Darren Adams said volunteers (VIPs) have handled closures for roughly 20 years but recent crowding and a near-miss in which a volunteer was nearly struck show the need for trained traffic-control technicians and formal traffic-control plans for closures on UDOT routes. "It's gotten to the point where growth and safety issues... necessitates a change," Adams said, urging trained personnel and proper signage.
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