There are 35 article(s) tagged drag racing:

• March 2021

  • Council passes drag-racing ordinance, delays Byhalia decision again

    Proposed rules delay action on the city adding a $2.6 million community grants program to its next budget.

    By Bill Dries March 02, 2021

  • City Council considers funding for city takeover of local vaccinations

    The items added Monday evening to the council’s committee list include $1 million in funding for the city’s vaccine ramp-up. They join what was already a busy council day, including the 100 North Main building, street racing and sewer fees.

    By Bill Dries March 01, 2021

• February 2021

  • Final drag racing ordinance votes delayed

    Legal questions prompt delay of consideration on three measures. 

    By Bill Dries February 23, 2021

  • Puppy-sales ban passes first of three council votes

    A city ordinance that would ban cat and dog sales at pet stores within Memphis passed the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Feb. 2, on the first of three readings.

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2021

  • City Council takes up $200 million ‘Accelerate Memphis’ plan, financing

    The agenda also includes changes to the city’s financial policies to allow the balloon debt structure to finance the project. 

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2021

• January 2021

  • Unposted speed limit goes from 30 mph to 25 mph in close council vote

    By a narrow 7-6 vote, the Memphis City Council has changed the default speed limit on city streets without speed limit signs from 30 miles an hour to 25 miles an hour.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2021

  • City Council marks one year of exile from City Hall chambers

    The first online council meeting of the year comes with some changes in committee chairmanships and votes on down-zoning two parts of Summer Avenue as well as new penalties for illegal street racing.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2021

  • Memphis police investigating drag racing on I-240

    Video showed several cars doing donuts in traffic on Interstate 240. Memphis police said they will not “tolerate criminal acts like this.”

    By Yolanda Jones January 04, 2021

• December 2020

  • Street racing, muffler crackdown draws council concerns

    A set of three proposed ordinances aren’t due for a vote by the full council until the new year. But several council members are concerned about how police will carry out the ordinances if they are passed.

    By Bill Dries December 15, 2020

  • Drag racing penalties would go up, car seizures possible under proposed bill

    Drag racing would still be a misdemeanor under the legislation proposed by two Shelby County legislators. But it would be a higher grade misdemeanor. The City Council will also see some resolutions on its agenda supporting the bill.

    By Bill Dries December 07, 2020