Back-to-School Safety Reminder for Tyler Motorists

TYLER — The City of Tyler would like to remind everyone that a new school year is starting and that means a change in traffic patterns. School flashers will be in operation in marked school speed zones beginning Monday, August 27, 2012, between the hours of 7 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. with the following exceptions:

• West Loop 323 near John Tyler High School – This school speed zone
will be in effect between the hours of 8 to 8:45 a.m. and 4 to 4:45 p.m.

• South Donnybrook Avenue near Robert E. Lee High School – This school
speed zone will be in effect between the hours of 8 to 8:45 a.m. and 4
to 4:45 p.m.

• Copeland Road at Hubbard Drive – This school speed zone will be in
effect between the hours of 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m.

• Paluxy Drive at Yosemite Drive – This school speed zone will be in
effect between the hours of 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m.

• Old Jacksonville Highway at Silverwood Drive near Grace Community
School – This school speed zone will be in effect between the hours of
7:15 to 8:30 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. on Monday through Thursday. Friday
hours are 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m.

• University Boulevard near Grace Community School – This school speed
zone will be in effect between the hours of 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. and 3 to 4
p.m. on Monday through Thursday. Friday hours are 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. and
12:30 to 2 p.m.

• Garden Valley Road at Charlotte Drive near Boulter Middle School –
This school speed zone will be in effect between 7and 9 a.m. and 3:15 to
4:45 p.m.

A new school zone has been added this year for the PACE program at the Alvin V. Anderson Educational Complex on Confederate Avenue between Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Vance Street. This school speed zone will be in effect between 7:45 to 8:15 a.m.,11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. There’s much more at http://www.cityoftyler.org on back-to-school safety for Tyler motorists.