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Highland Village city o cials are discussing safety measures for electric scooters.
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Highland Village leaders talk scooter safety regulations
want to have an ordinance and safety guidelines and recommendations in place before the 2023-24 school year starts. The committee consists of members of the police department, the re department, public works and the parks department as well as Council Member Jon Kixmiller and Marketing Director Laurie Mullens. SCOOTER SURVEY Residents were asked to ll out an online survey about Highland Village’s proposed ordinance on wearing hel- mets while riding electric scooters.
BY DON MUNSCH
Highland Village city leaders have formed a committee to examine the use of scooters around town, City Manager Paul Stevens said. Council will likely not be ready to adopt any speci ic rules or regu- lations regarding scooter use yet, because of the information “just being provided” and consensus needed to move forward, Stevens said. How we got here: In a June news- letter, city o cials said they are “seeing more and more scooters, electric bikes, and other electric mobility devices around the city; unfortunately, there have been several scooter-related incidents in the last month.” Because of this situation, the city developed a sta and council working group to update the “Scooter Ordi- nance” that was established in 1999 and last updated in 2012. O cials
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The survey questions included:
Should the city ordinance require or recommend those using an electric scooter, elec- tric bike or other micromobili- ty device to wear a helmet? What age range should wear a helmet when using a scooter, electric bike or other micro- mobility device?
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bid for $1.34 million, per city reports. The company will work on Glenmere Drive, Camden Drive, Turpin Drive, La Mesa Drive, Medina Drive, Catlin Circle, Catlin Terrace, Ranney Drive, Moran Drive and Lakeland Drive. “Reynolds has done several projects for us before and do an excellent job,” Council Member Paul Stevens said at the June 13 meeting.
Contractors chosen for Highland Village streets project Council awarded a bid at the June 13 meeting for Phase 1 of the Highland Village 2022 street bond program, an undertaking that will include work on several roads in the city. Reynolds Asphalt was awarded the
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