By JEFF LAGASSE
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
ARUNDEL — The Town of Arundel has agreed to draft a
letter to the Maine Department of Transportation requesting that the speed limit
on Route 111 be lowered as it passes the new, work-in-progress Kate’s Butter
facility.
Chris Patry, project manager for Kate’s Butter, made the request Monday to the board of selectmen, which voted unanimously to approach the DOT with the proposal. The requested change would lower the speed limit from 50 mph to 40 mph.
Patry said he noticed that traffic speed was an issue after his business moved a farmhouse on the property farther back from the road. The farmhouse was moved to provide a clear sightline to the business’ driveway – a DOT requirement – which Patry claimed unleashed motorists’ propensity for speed.
“Watching supply trucks come and go, it’s evident that the 50 mph speed limit is usually exceeded,” he said. “People moving (west) from the Holly’s (gas station) direction are going at a pretty good clip because now they can see what’s coming.”
His concern, he said, was for the people traveling in smaller cars, not the supply trucks going to and from Kate’s Butter.
Chris Patry, project manager for Kate’s Butter, made the request Monday to the board of selectmen, which voted unanimously to approach the DOT with the proposal. The requested change would lower the speed limit from 50 mph to 40 mph.
Patry said he noticed that traffic speed was an issue after his business moved a farmhouse on the property farther back from the road. The farmhouse was moved to provide a clear sightline to the business’ driveway – a DOT requirement – which Patry claimed unleashed motorists’ propensity for speed.
“Watching supply trucks come and go, it’s evident that the 50 mph speed limit is usually exceeded,” he said. “People moving (west) from the Holly’s (gas station) direction are going at a pretty good clip because now they can see what’s coming.”
His concern, he said, was for the people traveling in smaller cars, not the supply trucks going to and from Kate’s Butter.
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