{"id":235932,"date":"2026-05-18T21:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235932\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:50:42","slug":"manhattan-high-school-students-install-new-traffic-safety-speed-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235932\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan High school students install new traffic safety speed sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANHATTAN \u2014 A few weeks ago, high school students in Manhattan installed a solar-powered traffic-safety speed sign on Dry Creek Road to improve road safety in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The project was made possible after the Manhattan chapter received a $5,000 grant from the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/fcclainc.org\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Family, Career and Community Leaders of America<\/a> (FCCLA) and the Montana Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We needed to focus on speeding since we&#8217;ve had all of those speeding-related deaths in the past few years,&#8221; said Montana FCCLA president for the Manhattan chapter, Brock Romero. <\/p>\n<p>Romero is from Manhattan, and he&#8217;s currently a junior at Manhattan High School.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: &#8220;We needed to focus on speeding&#8221;: High school students install new traffic safety speed sign in Manhattan<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We needed to focus on speeding&#8221;: High school students install new traffic safety speed sign in Manhattan<\/p>\n<p>He said he felt inspired to install this solar-powered traffic safety speed sign near the elementary school in Manhattan because of speeding in the area. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are so many people who pass this area every single day,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We needed to put some attention towards it and make a difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdt.mt.gov\/visionzero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Department of Transportation<\/a>, there were nearly 200 traffic-related fatalities in 2025 throughout Montana. <\/p>\n<p>Romero said since the sign was installed, he&#8217;s noticed an impact on driving in the area. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it works,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I definitely see people slow down when they see the sign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The high school student added that he notices the sign every morning during his commute to school. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you go past it, a big strobe light flashes at you, and I&#8217;ve seen it happen a lot when I&#8217;m driving to school every morning.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Romero hopes the new sign encourages drivers to slow down and focus on the roads. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN \u2014 A few weeks ago, high school students in Manhattan installed a solar-powered traffic-safety speed sign on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-235932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}