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ek a apne eer
i cence
New signs tell
"of mountain
road conditions
More than a dozen new overthe-freeway signs have been
-# -mounted in the high Sierra along
Interstate 80 freeway as re-minder tomotorists that a wet
and freezing mountain freeway
requires greater driving skill
in winter than a wet valley
freeway. The signs cover. the
Snowbelt between Colfax and
~ "Pruckee.
W, L, Warren, district engineer for the State Division of
» Highways, said the new »
are planned to get motorists
to slow voluntarily during periods hazardous to safety, such
a as low visibility, rain or snow.
sale messages are carried
new illuminated sign
rg ee
one or the other.
. . Mounted 18 feet in the air, one
Series reads "Reduce Speed
When Wet" and theother, "Speed
Limit 50 mph This Lane", ©
~ mounted over truck-climbing
. lanes and will help drivers of
passenger vehicles adjust their
speed and following distance to
that of trucks when using the
outside, third lane for throughwavely. “33
_. This snow-freeze cycle is not
common .on valley freeways and
it is anticipated the new signs
will help drivers keepite mounstrvalienes are imprinted with
The mandatory 50 mph signis —
~ s eee The Nevada County Nugget, Wednesday, February 18, 19709
‘Local people
sought to buy
school bonds
The Nevada City School District is still looking for local
people willing to buy a portion
of the $95,000 in five per cent
tax-free interest bearing bonds
approved by the voters 12
months ago.
Supt. Dan Woodard told the
trustees at Wednesday's meeting that the has been talking
to Willard Rose of Nevada ed
Bank of America about se
the bonds to individuals..
machinery must be sét ‘ap’
Sell. off portions of the. 't¢
Woodard said, By law, one: ‘per=. eS
Son or agency must handle thetransaction and pay out the interest when it comes due, Woodard_added,
"The last resort is to ask
the voters for an increase in
the interest rate," Woodard told
the trustees.
The voters approved a bond
issue of $900,000 in February
1969 and the district sold
$805,000, later in the spring,
That amount was all the district could sell at the time
because of the district's assessed valuation, The assessed
valuation increased in the new
al but no one has offered buy. the remaining
$95,000" at five. per cent aie
“terest.
©), THE. GIPSON’ Ss
ee OR See od
LITTLE OLD BAKE SHOP "4
111 W. MAIN P.O. BOX 1634
Kiwanians visit rehabilitation facility
MEMBERS OF GRASS. VALLEY “kiwantdt ‘Club are shown walking arotind the Nevada County
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