Accidents spur effort to reduce speed

Palouse City Council will consider a revised ordinance at its Nov. 22 meeting as part of an effort to reduce speed limits coming into the town. The effort follows two accidents this fall on Highway 27 south of Palouse.

At the Nov. 8 council meeting, representatives authorized a revision of a 1983 ordinance which set speeds for highways 27 and 272. The revision would call for a uniform highway speed of 25 miles per hour within city limits.

Ultimately the change would need to be approved by Washington’s secretary of transportation.

Palouse City Attorney Stephen Bishop is writing the new ordinanc...