Sparlin: Human safety must be a top priority

As the first priority of elected officials is to keep the public safe, it was suggested to the Board of County Commissioners last Wednesday that they invest in production of Highway 82 motion sensors, powered by solar at the critical elk migratory areas of the Highway 82. These sensors would operate between dusk and dawn.  

It was also suggested that the highway speed limit be significantly lowered in these areas. The Roaring Fork Safe Passages is sadly years off; motion sensors could be ready by the fall migrating season, saving deadly collisions with a 900 pound elk, 6 ½ feet long. Human safety must be a top priority. 

Camilla K. Sparlin 

Aspen