Herald Correspondent
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ADA — “Time to slow your Mustang (Honda, Lexus, VW…) down!”
And
that goes especially those motorists in the village here. Ada Police
Chief Michael Harnishfeger told Ada Council Tuesday night that the new
digital speed signs have just gone in on North and South Main Street at
the village limits.
Last year, similar digital speed signs went in
on Lincoln and Lima avenues, respectively. And that, incidentally, is
what the chief is hoping for. That is, motorists ‘respecting’ the signs.
After
the initial two signs went in, the chief had said they were, indeed,
having a significant impact on motorists slowing down. The department
has been compiling data and trying to quantify how much that is
happening. And there will be a report to council relatively soon on this
data, Chief Harnishfeger added.
Shortly after the first two speed
signs went in, the chief had said that, yes, this was making the roads
safer, but it was also making the village at large safer as well. That
is, he said with the signs being there, squad cars were freed up more to
patrol the rest of the village.
Also, coming in on Main Street
past those new speed signs, from either direction, motorists will also
soon see the next edition of the Ada High School “Senior Banners.” This
was a tradition that was started during the beginning of Covid, as an
alternative way to honor seniors whose Graduation Ceremony had been
closed down because of Covid.
However, the tradition has become so
popular that, even though things have opened up again, so to speak, the
banners are back by popular demand again this spring. And council
unanimously approved the project again. (An ad hoc parents group
generally arranges for the banners each spring.)
And speaking of spring…
Village
Administrator Jamie Hall said that with the weather breaking, residents
will be out preparing gardens, trimming back bushes, trimming tree
limbs… And he said residents could call the Municipal Building to start
to schedule brush pick-ups, etc.
Mr. Hall also emphasized that the
relatively new village mulch pile is also open. And residents can bring
branches, leaves, grass clippings, garden material there. And residents
can also pick up mulch there, for free, as well.
The mulch
facility is located on Pebble Court (just off Lincoln Ave.), behind the
Water Treatment Plant. Using this facility is by appointment as well.
And Mr. Hall reported previously that when picking up mulch, a village
employee would be available to, for instance, use a front loader to put,
say, a bucket full of mulch in a pick-up truck. Or residents can bring,
for instance, buckets and shovels to get the mulch themselves.