Highway to be Named After Mechels
Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009
The state Transportation Commission has voted to rename part of state Highway 44 in Turner County in honor of a deputy sheriff who was killed in the line of duty.
Deputy DOT secretary Kevin Tveidt says the request came from the sheriff's office and the family and friends of 32-year-old Chad Mechels, the former Lake County deputy who was shot and killed in March while responding to a call involving a man who reportedly had threatened to commit suicide.
Tveidt says the DOT staff had recommended the request not proceed because of uncertainties whether it completely met state standards but that the staff would do what the commission decided.
The designated portion is from Chancellor to the Marion area. The signs' design is to be on the commission's September agenda.