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Published on: 8/31/2005
Last Visited: 9/1/2005
But John Heinke, the Paradise Irrigation District board member who owns the property at the corner, was not convinced.
"I don't buy that," he told BCAG at one point during last week's meeting.
According to BCAG staff, under lines-of-sight requirement set by federal highway standards, the roadside bank on Heinke's property would have to be cut back about 30 feet.That would encroach on a small blue-painted house there that Heinke rents out, forcing its removal.
Heinke thought design changes could save the house."It just doesn't make sense," Heinke said.
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Heinke, however, argued that line-of-sight wasn't the problem - drunken drivers were, like the man involved in Friday's crash.
In that case, according to Paradise police Sgt.
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And that would probably be fine with Heinke.