Road Improvements After Accident

Officials put rumble strips at boat launch (as reproted in the R.E.)
      TRAVERSE CITY - Officials continue adding safety measures at the boat launch site that claimed a local woman and three young girls.  Jim Valade, facilities superintendent of the Grand Traverse County Road Commission, said temporary rumble strips were installed on the Crescent Shores Road to alert motorists of the Long Lake access site.  The site claimed Dr. Karen Gilhooly and her daughter Rowan Sanford, along with schoolmates Sierra Fetterolf and Anna Maas, on Nov. 3 when the car they were traveling in entered Long Lake. Police said Gilhooly, 46, and the girls were heading to a concert in Interlochen when they may have mistakenly turned onto Crescent Shores Road.  Next spring, permanent strips will be created 150 feet back from the dead end sign that marks the water's edge, Valade said.