Lake Stevens JournalLake Stevens Journal  YOUR|LETTERS - January
19th 2011 issue  Published on Mon, Jan 17, 2011 Read More
Letters to the Editor  Speed limit change should be made with
community input  Dear Editor,  I wrote an earlier letter
regarding the lowering of the speed limit along 20th St. SE and
felt I should respond to some of the points that were brought
up. It sounds like the main issue was safety along this road. I
have four children of my own. First, though, I would really
question that LSMS, Skyline, Hillcrest, and Glenwood have
children walking to them from 20th. But how about a show of
hands from those people whose children weren’t walking, but are
now because of the speed change. That does leave Cavelero. A
satellite photo shows the sidewalk ends around 88th leaving
about 1,770 feet without as much protection as a sidewalk. But a
look at the location of houses around the school and the chances
of an eighth or ninth grader being in those homes would be
pretty small. I drive my kids to Caveler