John Kanelis
Princeton City Councilman Mike Robertson wants to slow ‘em down along U.S. Highway 380. He professes patience as he works with his City Council colleagues and the Texas Department of Transportation.
However, given his own experience as the victim of a serious auto accident while he was living in Irving, it appears that his patience might have its limits.
Robertson is proposing to TxDOT to slow traffic to 40 mph along the entire highway thoroughfare as it bisects the city. The speed limits now vary, from 55 to 45 mph. Robertson says that’s too fast, given the incredible growth and the associated increase in traffic volume.
Nature Trust of BC secures more key grassland habitat near Princeton for conservation - Penticton News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Nature Trust of B.C./Graham Osborne January 27, 2021 - 5:30 AM The Nature Trust of British Columbia is working to protect grassland near Princeton with the recent purchase of hundreds of hectares. The non-profit land conservation group is working to buy up to 1,052 hectares of land known as the Princeton Grasslands-MapleCross Meadow in three phases, according to a Nature Trust of BC media release. Phase one and two are now complete with 868 hectares acquired with 189 left to go. The property is home to important habitat for the Williamson’s sapsucker, a small woodpecker that is estimated to number less than 500 adult birds in Canada. The Princeton Grasslands are also habitat for barn swallows and olive-sided flycatchers, both threatened species, and the western screech owl. It is also adjacent to provincial winter range for mule deer.