Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976 March 10, 2011 E-mail:
[email protected] www.southbeltleader.com Vol. 36, No. 5 Special edition scheduled Once again, the Leader will publish a spe- cial Community Profile edition, set to come County to study Sageorchard intersection out later this month. Local businesses wishing to advertise, and possibly have a story or In response to outcry from the South Belt com- – to prohibit vehicles from exiting the subdivi- tated by recently passed state visibility regula- Harris County offi cials have already agreed photo run, should e-mail mynews@southbelt munity, Harris County offi cials have announced sion through Hughes. tions. to install a cautionary traffi c light for emergency leader.com or call 281-481-5656. they will contract an independent engineering Such a measure would require residents wish- The barriers would not prohibit cars from en- purposes in front of the Southeast Volunteer Fire fi rm to study the need for installing traffi c-con- ing to travel west toward Pearland Parkway and tering the subdivision. Department station a block west of the Hughes/ PISD sets campus meetings trolling blockades on Sageorchard near the fu- Highway 288 to exit the neighborhood through As an alternative to the blockades, many area Sageorchard intersection. The Pasadena Independent School District ture Hughes Road/Barry Rose expansion. Blackhawk, which many say is already trouble- residents have called for the installation of stop The county has further agreed to alter the es- will hold a meeting at South Houston High The county currently plans to construct two some due to traffi c congestion on the street (see signs at the intersection of Hughes and Sageor- planade in front of the fi re station to accommo- School March 10 at 7 p.m., Pasadena High barriers on Sageorchard– one north of Hughes related letters on Page 2A).