Jester Estates neighbors worried ‘speed cushions’ will slow wildfire evacuation
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some people in Jester Estates fear they’re more at risk during a wildfire after speed bumps were installed two weeks ago. The neighborhood backs up to the Balcones Canyonland Preserve and has just one way in and one way out, prompting concerns about an evacuation.
“It scares me. Absolutely,” Doug Norton, who has lived in Jester Estates for 22 years told KXAN. If you ask him, no wildfire evacuation route should include anything that slows people down.
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