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Speeding in subdivisions: A real concern for residents

PHOTO CAPTION: Speed limit signs are posted all over Newtown, but some residents say drivers don’t heed them.
By Yvonne Powers, SPN Editor
Summer is here, and children are everywhere. In the Newtown Subdivision, there is a posted speed limit of 15 mph for the residential area.
Safety has become a big concern for Honor Court resident Cecelia “Sky” Solis, who says that cars travel through Newtown at high rates of speed.
“They need to go 15 miles an hour--the posted speed limit,”says Solis, “people are going like 30 through there.” Kids are always in the same place, playing and Solis says she’s afraid someone’s going to get hurt. “I’m really concerned about the little kids,” she says. “School’s out and they’re in the road from 8 a.m. until dark.”
Milton Tybo, executive director at the Duck Valley Housing Authority says speeding has always been a problem.
“People drive faster than they should,” he agrees.
Another Newtown resident who wishes to be unidentified,
Last Updated ( Friday, 09 July 2010 13:35 )
Laser Land LevelingBy Reggie Premo, UNCE / FRTEP On Monday June 21, 2010 the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Duck Valley Tribal Outreach Program sponsored a Laser Land leveling workshop in the backroom of the HDC in the morning and out in the field for actual hands on demonstration in the afternoon. Randy Emm from the Walker River Reservation provided information on the process of field staking, survey methods, field design (slope and grade), how and where to setup the laser equipment, issues and challenges encountered while land leveling, and finally the end result and how it ties into more improved water flow and efficiency, higher crop yields, less labor in the field with irrigation. Last Updated ( Friday, 09 July 2010 13:50 ) |
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