(KAIR)--Like flowers in spring rain, stop signs sprout at key intersections in downtown Atchison, but it's not immediately known if they will remain in place permanently.
Motorists this week began to encounter the four way stops.
They are now in place at the locations suggested to the City Commission in November by Director of Public Works Justin Pregont. "3rd and Commercial, by the New YMCA, 4th and Kansas, by the Library then 5th and Santa Fe and 6th and Santa Fe, on the south side of the Atchison Middle School," Pregont told MSC News in late November. 'The goal downtown is not to have cars drive as fast as possible, it's to keep everybody safe. Make sure that motorists are safe, make sure that pedestrians are safe, people on bicycles."
The signs will remain in place for 90 days, allowing city officials to study the effectiveness of their usage.
If it's decided that the four way stops should be permanent, an ordinance will be drafted and placed into the hands of the Atchison City Commission for a final decision.
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