Cruising Broadway and 27th Street in Scottsbluff has been a Friday and Saturday night tradition since the mid 20th century.
In order to help keep cruisers safe, the Scottsbluff Police Department has received a speed enforcement grant, funded by the Nebraska Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office.
The funding will be used to pay officers to work overtime to patrol Broadway and 27th Street on Friday and Saturday nights.
Sergeant Philip Eckerberg said the funding will allow Police to address the numerous complaints of speeding and reckless driving that occurs during the cruising time on Friday and Saturday nights.
Eckerberg says over the last 12 months there have been 146 non injury crashes, 20 injury crashes, one crash fatality, and 367 citations issued on the cruising route.
The grant starts Friday, June 7th and continues through Saturday, August 10th.
The funding is sufficient to pay for two officers to be out on the cruise route every Friday and Saturday evening during the grant.
