Daily Archives: May 4, 2012

55 mph too fast for East Kellogg

May 4, 20126:01 a.m.

Credit is due Travis Cunningham for discovering that a stretch of East Kellogg between Webb and Greenwich had a 45 mph speed-limit sign where the legal limit is 55 mph.  It’s alarming that more than 500 drivers have paid nearly $60,000 in fines and court costs for “speeding” along that same stretch of Kellogg over the past seven years, which the city has concluded it can’t refund. But it is good that the city has decided that the problem is with the ordinance, not the 45 mph speed limit. The higher speed limit is not appropriate with all the commercial development and stoplights in quick succession. The Wichita City Council will consider on May 15 revising the city ordinance to match the speed limit.

By Rhonda Holman | Filed under Wichita government | Comments Off

More heroes in helping conserve Miró

May 4, 20126:00 a.m.

It’s great news that the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University was awarded two major federal grants totaling $250,000 for the conservation of its mural by modern artist Joan Miró. The grants will support the second year of the five-year project to repair and conserve the 26-by-52-foot glass-and-marble mosaic that was installed on the museum’s facade in 1978. The Ulrich is the only Kansas museum to receive grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, both of which were for the maximum amounts.

By Phillip Brownlee | Filed under Wichita events | Comments Off