City puts 1-ton planters in streets to deter reckless driving
The Business Improvement District and city of Milwaukee placed the 18 one-ton concrete planters at the edge of the street.
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Updated: 6:08 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021
City puts 1-ton planters in streets to deter reckless driving
The Business Improvement District and city of Milwaukee placed the 18 one-ton concrete planters at the edge of the street.
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Updated: 6:08 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021
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TO GET USED TO THEM 18 ONE TON CONCRETE PLANTERS AT THE EDGE OF THE STREET TO STEM THE TIDE OF PASSING ON THE RIGHT AT INTERSECTIONS PEOPLE TEND TO LIKE FLY DOWN THE STREET CYCLIST. JIM MAUER LIVES NEARBY BEFORE THIS WAS HERE. YOU’D ACTUAYLL GET PEOPLE THINKING IT WAS ALMOST LIKE TWO LANES. THEY’RE GONNA CUT ON THE NSIDE TOO IN G AND THIS IS MADE OF A WHOLE LOT SAFER. I THINK IN MY OPINION. IT’S A GOOD IDEA. YES. HOW COME YOU PASSING RIGHT? KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. TH E EFFORT IS THE WORK OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HERE WORKING WITHHE T CITY IN PART TO CREATE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT. FOR BUSINESS YOU WANT PEOPLE TO STTAR SLOWING DOWN YOU WANT THEM TO ENJOY THESE GREAT BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. WE HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEITH. STANLEY SAYS THE CONCRETE PLANTERS ENGRAVED WITH THEIR NAME. ARE WORKING SO WELL, THEY COULD BE A MODEL FOR OTHER AREAS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO TAKE AOO LK AT THIS. WE’RE SEEING DOUBLE-DIGIT DECREASES IN SPEED AND DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE OF WALKING ALONG. NEIGHBORHOOD THAT’S IMPORTANT TO US. WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFI C.STREET WE ALL KNOW. WE’LL GET OUR SHARE OF SNOW IN THE WINTER. HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK THEN? RIGHT JOYCE. I ASKED THE SAME THING. THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS FOR THEM TO STAY HEER YEAR-ROUND EVEN DECORATING THEM SEASONALLY, THEY TELL ME BUT THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT THOSE SNOW REM