Crosswalk talk and speed bump banter at council meeting

At last week’s Malta City Council meeting, the painting of crosswalks at Malta Elementary and the possibility of lowering the speed limit, or perhaps inserting speed bumps, near the Cedar View Apartments was discussed.

Crosswalk lines were painted by the Malta Publics Works team near Malta Elementary School earlier this month and then repainted by another group on the behest of the school’s staff. Malta Mayor Shyla Jones said the repainting of the crosswalk was done in the wrong color, i.e. yellow instead of white. Mayor Jones said the school is going to have them re-painted white, but added t...