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The last city council meeting voted to approve another traffic signal on Edwards Boulevard.
The installation of a traffic signal will be very beneficial and create safer travel along this roadway. The first traffic signal installation at Bloomfield and Edwards took a bit of time and had many hurdles to jump before it was installed. This traffic signal has been shown to be necessary.
City officials knew that once that signal was complete, the next fight would be to get another signal installed just north of it at Townline and Edwards. With all the new development on this side of town, the businesses, and the school traffic, it can be a busy area at certain times and dangerous. The recent traffic signal at Bloomfield and Edwards, which didn’t come easily, has become much safer, and it is now time to make this roadway even safer. The Townline and Edwards intersection has had more than its share of accidents, most could have been avoided if a traffic signal existed. With the time, effort, and money, the traffic signal is finally approved.
This weekend Maxwell Street Days Annual Summer Sidewalk Sale returns with the best shopping steals of the year!
Bargains line the streets of Lake Geneva and will be waiting for you to find them. The fun starts Friday and goes through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. More than 25 years of great bargains on clothing, shoes, jewelry, gifts, artwork, sporting goods, books, and more, plus fabulous food and entertainment from downtown shops and restaurants. Listen to music daily from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. from local musicians on the street or in the shops. Dine al fresco, enjoy live music, and celebrate the end of summer!
A lightning storm hit Geneva Lake last Saturday.
Boaters out on the lake could not get off the lake and get to safety, one of the reasons was the municipal pier closing for the Venetian celebration. People who trailer in boats have a particular problem in that finding space to store the trailer can be difficult, and also, when the boat comes in, the trailer has to be accessed and then moved to a suitable boat ramp to pick up the boat. After consulting with some of the people involved with the administration and care of the lake waters, some good points came up.
First, in case of such a storm, concern for the boat should be a very distant need compared to getting the boaters themselves off the water. Boats should be steered to shore and tied to any pier, public or private, open or closed. It is the boaters themselves who need to get to safety. The rest of the ownership, privacy, and rules violations can be worked out later.
