City council to discuss installing speed bumps

“If you go over a speed bump and you get caught in school zone speeding then you should be hit hard because you already got the warning of the speed bumps.”

Talks of installing speed bumps stalled in the past due to reports indicating the traffic calming devices didn’t work. The reports claimed the devices would often damage vehicles, increase traffic noise, and simply transfer the problem to other locations.

A new speed bump model, similar to the ones seen in the Wal-Mart parking lot, are lower, wider and longer, explained Dionne.

“Other cities use them with great success. We are way behind the eight ball,” Dionne said. “In the past, our public works department didn’t support them … now (speed bumps) are friendlier.”

Dionne initially wanted to test out the new traffic calming devices on Riverside Drive before moving it into other city streets. However, under the suggestion of the board, the recommondation would pertain to the entire city and not just Riverside Drive.

“They don’t want it to be done as a test. They believe calming devices work, and we’ve had reports and the studies that say that,” said Dionne.

“There’s a lot of other streets that it will work on. They might even one day be in all school zones.

“My concern on Riverside Drive is school buses. (People) are speeding through and we have young kids on Riverside Drive being picked up by buses. I want that street done sooner than later,” Dionne said.

According to Dionne, the topic will be discussed at the next council meeting.

“It’s been a long time coming and I’m not going to give up until we have traffic calming devices.”

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by Khang Nguyen

City council to discuss installing speed bumps

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