Emphasis patrols to discourage speeding will be popping up in Electric City, according to Coulee Dam Police Chief Paul Bowden, whose force provides police services there. 

The speed limit is 35 mph throughout the main corridor of Electric City, but drivers at times increase their speed before they reach the higher speed zones on either end of town, Bowden said. 

This can be problematic this time of year, he said, as more traffic goes in and out of the campgrounds during the warmer seasons. 

The limit becomes 50 mph just after Sunbanks Lake Resort at the south end of town, and 45 mph after Coulee Playland at the north end. 

“We’re trying to remind people to slow down to the normal speed limit, until they get to the signs,” Bowden said.