New stop signs have been installed at the intersection of Poplar and Blankenship, to help increase safety for school students crossing in that area to enter the back gate at Magnolia Elementary School. City Manager Bryan Whitemyer noted the signs were an outgrowth of a special City Council meeting in June focusing on traffic safety. “The residents were concerned with that intersection because during the school year that is used as a primary entrance for students arriving for school,” Whitemyer explained. “The main concern was that, in their opinion, people are not slowing down enough … the goal of the new stop signs is to help provide young elementary school students a safe pathway to school.” The signs were put in last week, just prior to classes resuming this week.

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