Mesa lowers speed limit in historic district after neighbors ask for help

People in Mesa’s historic Lehi community are celebrating after the city approved lowering posted speed limits from 35 miles per hour to 30.

Homeowners said they have pressed for the change for years as vehicles increasingly used the neighborhood’s narrow, rural roads at dangerous speeds. The Lehi community, a slice of country within Mesa city limits, was founded in the 1870s by early Latter-day Saints settlers.

“We’ve got to get on top of the speeding thing,” one resident said…

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