Port Royal named 2009 South Carolina traffic safe community
Port Royal named 2009 South Carolina traffic safe community
The town of Port Royal has been named a 2009 South Carolina traffic safe community by AAA Carolinas. Lt. John Griffith of the Port Royal Police Department, second from left in photo above, accepted the award honoring the efforts of the town and the police department in ensuring safe roads for Port Royal’s citizens and visitors.
The city and department were recognized for focusing on implementing four-way stops in residential neighborhoods. The town has reduced some speed limits and erected larger signs to improve visibility. They have also used a grant to focus on DUI enforcement in the community.
“More Americans have died on roads in the Carolinas since 9/11 than died in the attacks in New York and in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq since,” said Dave Parsons, president and CEO of AAA Carolinas.
Traffic safety is a major public health issue for South Carolina. “Making our streets safer is a team effort,” said Parsons. “And South Carolina has several communities that have stepped up to the challenge.”
Mark Keel of the SC Department of Public Safety and Dave Parsons presented awards to local law enforcement and community representatives at the sixth annual awards luncheon in Columbia on Thursday, October 15.
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