Middleburgh OKs Speed Sign, May Add Another

MIDDLEBURGH - Middleburgh village officials agreed to put up one solar speed sign - and may add another, in exchange for the removal of a sign that uses a particular word.

After getting a request to place a speed sign on Clauverwie Road last month, the village got two bids. The bids for a solar sign were $2,981.30 from Traffic Logix and $3,697 from Kustom Signals. Board members Monday agreed to get one solar speed sign for Clauverwie.

Village officials also discussed the sign recently put up on River Street. Going out of the village, the sign reads, "SLOW THE F*** Down!!! Toddlers at Play, Please!" Only the asterisks are not on the sign, and the word is spelled out.

Trustee Bob Tinker was the most outspoken about the sign.

"It's just vulgar," he said. Trustee Sheryl Adams said, "It's not welcoming" and added, "It makes the village look bad." 

"It wouldn't hurt" to have more radar signs in the village, Trustee Tinker said. It was suggested that a radar sign be put on River Street in exchange for permanent removal of the offending sign.

Mayor Tim Knight said he reached out to the Sheriff's Office about speed control in the village.

The sign on River Street in Middleburgh.