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Show Letter campaign is launched to bring school zone changes by CHRISTOPHER SMART Record staff writer A letter campaign to be. launched by Park City and school district officials of-ficials is aimed at putting pressure on the Utah Department of Transportation to make changes on the highway fronting two . local schools. - City Councilman Jim Doilney said the municipality and the Park City School Board have been trying to get UDOT to make changes aimed at improving safety for children along Utah Highway 248. But he said alterations to the highway, which enters Park City from the east, have not been forthcoming. forth-coming. "We've worked administratively ad-ministratively with UDOT on this with no results," he said. The speed limit on the highway approaching ap-proaching town is 55 mph and drops to 45 mph just east of the Treasure Mountain Middle School, where the speed limit drops again to 20 mph when students are crossing the highway. Doilney said local officials want the highway speed reduced to 35 mph east of the Treasure Mountain Middle School. Also, they have requested re-quested a stop light at the intersec tion of the highway with Bonanza Drive, which becomes the belt route. The campaign strategy is to have local parents send letters to UDOT, asking for the changes. Form letters are being drawn up now, said Doilney. He said he hopes they will be distributed to parents through the f : schools and possibly through the ; Park Record. "We want everybody to realize that we've done everything we can (working through UDOT's system). . .now its a political politi-cal process." Doilney said the letter campaign is the best political vehicle available avail-able to Park City residents who want changes along the highway. j i |