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Show AL!TC5-DiG:T841- llnliil Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place Volume 96, No 36 E.' p clrccla during (Iio Cinfug echx ffov vjooIis By Myrna Trauntvein s mu illn Hill Correspondent Over the next few weeks at $200,000 city street improvement project will take place in It will take at least $2 million to repair all the streets which need it so it will not be possible for the city to do all of the streets which need repair this year. The council, considering the streets the highest priority on have the city list of things-to-dset aside and saved the $200,000 from a couple of different budgets. In addition, the council assigned Randy McKnight, city administrator, to oversee the project. McKnight, who since has been working, along with the city street superintendent, to determine which streets needed to be done the most, told council members the plan was to resurface at least 45 blocks of city streets. Gary Howarth, our street superintendent, worked with us to prioritize the streets which needed fhe improvements first, said McKnight. Some streets which needed improvements this year would not receive them even though they were high on the priority list. If a home is being built in the near future on that street, then we will not the street this year because the street would be dug-u- p while the utilities are installed. It would not make much sense, he said, for the street to be resurfaced at high expense and then destroyed by sewer and water lines being laid. Street drainage is another problem we have had to worry about, said McKnight. In many cases, he said, the decision had been made to do a street in a direction where the drainage system did not need to be improved so more streets could be done. The drainage improvements will be done over a period of time. Many streets running north and south have drainage problems, said McKnight. Over time, said McKnight, gravel at the edges of roads builds higher than the road bed and causes drainage problems. On those streets, the roads need to be lower and the edges need to be peeled back to there can be good drainage. He said, after Howarth made his priority list, the streets had been surveyed on a basis until the final priorities were settled on. Those streets were now set for resurfac- S i it There is a large amount of that needs to be done pre-wo- rk Streets on page 3 i ill mil n III il CTA FGqpGOuG GuOy CdgDp flo ooltoe OpoCSog pCDD HOGDIflGnrttellry C0 feGy proCoDGraG 00 school. The easiest solution would be to place Times-New- s Correspondent chains across the street at 100 North Two representatives of the Nephi El- and 400 East. Tara Payne and Monica Bennion proementary PTA (ParentsTeachers Association) met with the Nephi City Coun- posed two solutions to the traffic probcil on Tuesday to request the councils lems at the school. The women told the help in solving the traffic problem at the council that they, and the PTA officers By Myrna Trauntvein and teachers at the school, were concerned for the safety of the younger students at the school if some measures were not taken to insure their safety as they entered and left the school yard each day. The school needs another crossing guard, said Payne. However, she said, if the council could not meet the ideal need they might consider installing metal posts at the sides of the road and chain the road off for 20 minutes in the morning and at other high traffic times of the day. We think a policeman needs to be posted there every morning for approximately 20 minutes every day for awhile to give tickets to those who do not obey the traffic rules," said Payne. If those who offend the traffic flow patterns established by the city council were enforced, she said, there would be fewer violations. We had a little boy almost hit by a car the other day, said Bennion. Peoare double ple are making and their little kids out parking, letting on the opposite side of the street from the school. She said the postings at the school were designed to pull traffic in one direction around the school but that was not happening. They chain the road off everyday school is in session at two elementary schools in St. George, said Bennion. It works very well there. When the road is chained offeach day, said Payne, little children dont have to look both ways before they cross the street. They only have to look one way. Children are not that careful little olds just jump out of their cars and run across the street in front of the traffic. The PTA has been trying to get another crossing guard, said Payne. However, the chains across the roadway five-ye- CHILDREN NOT SAFE? Above school crossing guard Tina Allred helps Nephi Elementary School Children accross 100 North after school Tuesday. Representatives of the Nephi PTA told the Nephi City Council last week. The PTA wants Nephi City Council to help in solving the traffic problem at School. The PTA told the city council that chaining off the road at 100 North and 400 East, adding another crossing guard or putting a police officer at the school to write tickets during heavy congestion might be some of the answers to the problem. ce ing. '?'? Single Copy Price o, block-bybloc- k .11 To Live! Nephi. See ii iilli Wednesday, September 9, 1998 vrill bn Times-New- n In ill!! CCC5 FIRM C: ASSOC ! AT ION 307 V 200 S STE 5005 841G1-376SALT LAKE CITY UT UT AH FRES3 PSpg EtepairtaGraO vjamflo to cto cfl POpomaco AuxiaOuapy to bonoflaO Ofoo POfg GtopaptoonO By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent need to do to begin an auxiliary, said alarms and carbon-monoxid- e detectors Walk. I am waiting to get the informa- to raise money for the fire department. tion from her. Brough said he was proud of the city Walk said the auxiliary would be in- volunteer fire department. They are a One interested citizens said she thought a firemans auxiliary associa- terested in purchasing an infra red gun young and enthusiastic group, he said. tion, made up ofthe spouses of the com- for the fire department. The equipment, I have gained a great appreciation for munitys volunteer firefighters, would for a single infra-re- d gun, costs approx- our fire department and police depart- be of benefit to the organization. Patricia Walk and Brent Ostler, fire chief, attended council meeting Tuesday to find out what the city council thought about the idea. You are refreshing, said Mayor Chad Brough. "It is wonderful to have people who see a need and are willing to work to improve a situation come up with a plan and be willing to work to see it accomplished. Walk said she had been at a store in Utah County when she had been approached by one of Orems auxiliary members and asked to donate money to help buy needed equipment for a firefighters group in Utah County. I asked them about their auxiliary and wondered if we could get an auxiliary going here, said Walk. She then spoke to Bret Bowles, council member, to find out what needed to be done to organize such a group in Nephi. I contacted a lady in Utah County who knows about the things we would ment while I have been involved in city imately $18,000. the guns detect body heat government. However, and can help fire fighters locate persons trapped inside a structure fire. They can save lives, said Bowles. We trained with a infra-re- d gun at one of our training sessions, said Ostler. "They are very effective. Walk said, with the councils approval, she would begin to raise money for the fire department and had set-u- p a booth at the Parkin Motor Main Street Variety Expo. We could sell related equipment such as smoke Brough asked Walk to return to the city council with the information dealing with organization of a firemans auxiliary. We would like to review the he said. Or you could attend a fire department meeting, Bret Bowles is always there, and present the to them for their review. Bowles will then present the information to the council and they can determine if they want to add or take away any of the by-law- s, by-la- by-law- s. ar would work. Over the years, as traffic at the school has continued to increase with the size of the student population, the city has tried various solutions. One was to try to get traffic flowing in one direction around the school with students being dropped off in front of the school. Another was to post a crossing guard at the corner of 400 East and Center Street. Center Street is the main thoroughfare into the city from the east and west. Parents still are not obeying traffic regulations in the area. Some parents even zoom into the parking lot for the school, located across the street, and let their children out to use the cross walk to the east of the school. There gets to be a group of children there each day who are then not allowed to cross the traffic. street because of PTA volunteers have tried to assist children crossing the street but have found they are not able to stop the drivers who are in a hurry. One person ran over one of the cones and Payne had to send a police officer to their house. They didnt even know they had run over the cone, said Payne. Even though the cone went with the car, the driver was unaware of what had happened. The school is full there are 500 kids there from kindergarten through the fourth grades so there are lots of kids trying to get to school each morning being dropped of by lots of parents in a hurry to get to work, said Bennion. She said the police chief told them he thought the chaining of the road each morning would work. "He thought it was a good idea, said Bennion. That is a great idea, said Jim Wilkey, council member. "It should .aL. 4 ; . tlw. J T' Ik. work. Mayor Chad Brough said there had been other parents who had asked the council for help in solving the traffic problem before a child was killed. "We had a citizen come in last year and talk to us about painting the crossings. This summer, on a volunteer basis, he painted the crossings and the corners at the school. The safety of the little kids is important and the chains across the street may be the solution we have been looking for." |