Assembly to hear Mud Bay Road speed issue

The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week voted 5-2 to recommend the assembly ask the Department of Transportation to perform a speed study on portions of Mud Bay and Small Tracts roads, despite resistance from some residents.

  The issue arose at last month’s planning commission meeting when citizens submitted a petition asking the speed limit be reduced from 30 to 20 mph on Mud Bay Road near Cemetery Hill. The commission has no authority to…