New speed reduction lights added near 67th Avenue and Missouri

If you’re driving near Mensendick on 67^th Avenue, you’re going to want to slow down during school hours.

Thanks to a grant from the Arizona Department of Transportation, school zone speed flashing systems and speed radar signs have been installed along 67^th Avenue. The signs reduce the speed on 67^th Avenue from 40 MPH to 30 MPH while school is in session. The idea is to create a safer environment for students who are walking to school, or playing on the playground that borders 67^th Avenue and Missouri. Between 1,500 and 1,800 vehicles pass by Mensendick during arrival and dismissal times. Between 2006-2011 there were more than 290 accidents in the area, 47 percent of which involved car-pedestrian or car-bicycle crashes.

The City of Glendale, working with the GESD risk management office, received the grant through ADOT’s C.R.A.S.H. (Community At Risk With Accidents When Speeding Happens) program.