Borough to ask state to conduct vehicle speed studies

Assembly rejects boat storage at harbor lot

The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two sections of state-owned roads after Cathedral View Drive residents petitioned the assembly to lower speed limits near their neighborhood.

Two residents asked the borough to address reducing the speed limit on Haines Highway from 55- to 35-miles-per-hour from Piedad Road to Cathedral View Road, where a…