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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,2015
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be changed if directed.
Other concerns raised
by Council members in-
cluded whether stop
signs should or should
not be used to control
speed, the process re-
quired to have a sign
requested, if the city
could have them re-
moved once they are
added, and the cost of
installing a stop sign.
Lacy estimated it
costs about $200 to
have a stop sign in-
stalled, including labor
and materials.
He agreed to consider
the city’s traffic master
plan as well as the
study and return to
Council with a recom-
mendation in the fu-
ture.
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3. Play on words jokes
4. Finger click
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Alfred Beltran because
he has witnessed con-
stant speeding and he
says it is a safety con-
cern for kids in the
area,” said Bega.
She added Beltran
was open to the Coun-
cil’s ideas and not op-
posed to other options.
She noted the new
speed trailer in town is
only a short-term solu-
tion.
The solution approved
by the Council was a
resolution to allow City
Manager Kerry Lacy to
request a traffic study
to include all of MLK
Boulevard from E.
Brenham Street to Hwy.
290.
“We can use the traf-
fic trailer to get a count
for the rest of this week
to get an idea of the
amount of traffic
[while school is in ses-
sion],” said Lacy.
The traffic trailer
shows motorists the
speed they are driving,
counts the number of
motorists and the
speed of each of them.
“The speed trailer is
used for two weeks in
one location,” said Po-
lice Chief Chris Brat-
ton.
“The first week it
flashes red and blue if
a motorist is going
about 8 miles per hour
over the speed limit.
The second week in one
location, it just shows
the speed, but still
counts the number of
motorists and their
speed,” he said.
Chief Bratton said al-
though the speed
trailer doesn’t flash red
and blue lights at
New business on the
Elgin City Council
agenda brought one
person to the podium
to speak last Tuesday
regarding the possible
placement of a new
stop sign.
Marilyn Jones, who
lives in the 600 block of
Old McDade Road,
asked close to a dozen
pertinent questions
about the addition of a
stop sign at MLK and
Alamo streets.
Those questions were:
How many people live
on MLK? How many
have expressed a need
for a stop sign? What is
the city’s policy on
adding stop signs? Has
EISD done a traffic
flow study or a bus
route evaluation sup-
porting a stop sign?
Does the City of Elgin
conduct a traffic study
before adding stop
signs? How many acci-
dents or speeding tick-
ets have been given in
the area? Considering
efficiency and conser-
vation of gasoline, is a
stop sign in the best in-
terest of the residents?
Is the state providing
stop signs? And, can I
get one?
“I am adamantly op-
posed to adding a stop
sign at MLK Boulevard
and Alamo Street,” said
Jones.
When the council
began to consider the
new agenda item,
Council member Jes-
sica Bega agreed these
were great questions.
“I was approached by
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speeders in the second
week, readings are
showing people gener-
ally slow down after it’s
been there a week.
The speed trailer had
been set up on MLK on
Wednesday, right after
the request at the
meeting.
It had previously been
set up on W. Second
Street and on Central
Avenue.
Chief Bratton added
the department already
has new flashing light
school zones signs in
their budget. The
school zone lighted
signs were originally
planned to be used at
Elgin High School and
Neidig Elementary
School, but that could
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