From statesman, August 29, 2008...
The Leander Police Department is beefing up its patrols along major intersections to try to decrease the number of injury wrecks and get drivers to slow down.
The Leander Police Department is beefing up its patrols along major intersections to try to decrease the number of injury wrecks and get drivers to slow down.
The department received a grant this month through the Texas Department of Transportation for $23,702 to pay officers overtime to increase patrols in problem areas.
Last year, 87 of the city's 129 collisions resulted in an injury, according to the transportation department's records. Most of those were caused by someone running a red light or stop sign, according to the state agency.
Those statistics showed problem areas in Leander: the 183-A tollway, Ronald Reagan Boulevard, East Crystal Falls Parkway, Bagdad Road and Parmer Lane. Increased patrols will mainly focus on speed enforcement and intersection traffic control, said Lt. Greg Minton, a spokesman with the Leander Police Department.
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