On Thursday, March 13, the Clear Lake Police Department will participate in “Operation Avenue of the Saints.”  
    Law Enforcement officers from 14 counties in Iowa and 13 counties in Missouri will concentrate extra enforcement efforts on impaired driving and seat belt laws. The ultimate goal of this special project is to reduce serious injuries and fatalities. Enforcement efforts will be directed at traffic on the Avenue and adjacent or connecting highways.  The Avenue of the Saints does not run through Clear Lake.  Clear Lake officers will concentrate their efforts on Interstate 35 and Highway 18 within the Clear Lake City limits.
    This operation has been organized in Iowa by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau.