Residents along an unofficial detour voiced their concerns to the Neosho County Commission Tuesd ay after a fatality accident last week. Marilyn Henry, who lives in the first mile north of the intersection of Elk Road and K-47, was one of about a dozen residents at the meeting and spoke to the commission about heavy traffic around the US-169 construction project. Four miles of Elk Road are dirt between K-47 and 150th Road. The stretch is posted 30 miles per hour and through trucks are prohibited. Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution that specifically prohibits through-truck traffic on Elk, Chase and Douglas roads between K-47 and 160th. Henry presented a petition to the commission with about two dozen signatures asking for action on the road. She said she set up a trail camera at her residence, and during a one-week period counted up to 2,276 vehicles per day – and from between 43 to 302 tractor-trailer rigs.
Source: The Chanute Tribune
