ODOT, Logan County Officials Hope To Prevent Crashes With Safety Improvements

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By: Anjelicia Bruton
 June 6, 2021
 

GUTHRIE, Oklahoma -

Logan County officials said there's been several safety concerns with State Highway 33 for years. They’re hoping to prevent crashes by adding safety improvements to the roadways.

Flashing LED stop signs were recently installed at the intersection of Broadway and State Highway 33.

“That was really in an effort to try and draw more attention to motorists at night who are coming up upon that intersection and a lot of people may not realize that highway traffic does not stop and it's going highway speeds,” Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesperson Lisa Shearer-Salim said.

Cedar Valley mayor Stan Wieczorek recently made a formal request that the proper studies be made to look at lowering the speed limit in an effort to reduce the growing number of injury and fatal accidents.

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