JAY — Selectpersons voted to table action on sending speed-limit proposals to the state for three town roads near the Spruce Mountain school complex. The decision followed a public hearing Monday on requests to set speed limits at 15 to 25 mph on the interconnected School Bus Road, Barker Street and Ludden Drive. The board […]
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Jay to hold hearing on request for speed limits
JAY — Selectpersons will hold a public hearing tonight on requests to have speed limits implemented on three roadways. The hearing begins at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. At least 50 percent of residents and businesses on Barker Street, Ludden Drive and School Bus Road signed a petition requesting selectpersons to hold a hearing on […]
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Jay to develop policy on speed limit requests
JAY — Three people have requested speed limits be posted on Belanger Road, Ludden Drive and Quarry Street, prompting officials to draft a policy on how to handle such requests. Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere told selectpersons Monday that Police Chief Richard Caton IV and Public Works Director John Johnson have been discussing how to respond. “We […]
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A. Dorey: Have they forgotten? Speed kills
I am somewhere between flummoxed and dumbfounded by the recent authorized increase in the speed limit to 70 mph on some of Maine’s thoroughfares. My puzzlement stems from the publicized statement by the Maine state trooper who explained the increase as the need for the posted (legal) speed limit to match what the majority of […]
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R. Poisson: Why bother raising speed limits?
I cannot believe that highway officials want to raise the speed limit on the interstate highway. Whenever I get on the Turnpike, I set my cruise control between 65 mph and 70 mph. On the 30-mile trip to Portland, probably 95 percent of other vehicles pass me, travelling much faster than my car. Why bother […]