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Speeding on Highland Street has created an extremely unsafe situation, especially at pick-up and drop-off times at a local preschool here. Yesterday, at about 4:30 PM, a parent's car door was damaged by a speeding car (which did not stop). Thankfully, neither the parent NOR the child was injured. However, there are young children getting in and out of cars, being dropped off by caregivers on foot and by bike, and being escorted across the street here.
Please, we need this speeding curtailed and traffic calming measures implemented before a tragic incident occurs here.
UPDATE: The city and the school now are working together on this-- but in good conscience, we cannot close the issue since it has yet to be fixed.
35 Comments
Teddy (Registered User)
I actually heard this accident happen. The driver didn't honk the horn; they just sideswiped the car door and kept on driving, as if nothing had happened. Luckily two other cars who saw the plates of the at-fault party ended up returning to the scene of the accident.
I know two years ago a similar incident occurred. The Mayor's office was contacted, but to no avail. The situation remains dangerous, especially for parents that load small children (and infants) in and out of vehicles.
Cars speed up and down the hill at an alarming rate.
Anonymous (Guest)
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Roya Hakakian (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
This has been a major issue for quite some time. It would be amazing if the design of the street contributed to the vitality of the neighborhood, instead of making it into a place that many people must avoid.
Have you submitted a request for a "complete street" through the city's new policy / design manual?
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Sarah Boone (Guest)
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NP (Guest)
I don't understand why it's difficult to get the City to take action on such an important matter. Parents should get together and go down to City Hall!!
We're just as important as Foote school's children and their parents.
CH parent (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
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Parent (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Has anyone asked the NHPD how many tickets have been given out specifically in Prospect Hill (not including Whitney Avenue) for the following illegal behaviors over the past 2 years?
1) Speeding
2) Noise violations
3) Running red lights
4) Riding vehicles on sidewalks
I would not be surprised if the answer is "close to 0" for all of the above.
"Without knowledge action is useless, and knowledge without action is futile." -Abu Bakr
Parent (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101479047374-39/Safe+Streets+Letter+to+Mayor+DeStefano+082411r.pdf
Justin Elicker (Registered User)
Alfreda Edwards (the alderwoman in the area) and I have been trying to get some attention paid to the issue for some time. I met with one of the city's traffic experts, the head of Calvin Hill and a parent on site a while back. Speed humps were ruled out because there were concerns about the grade of the road and visibility. I've just reached out to the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Department again and will let you know what how they respond. While they are understaffed, this issue is important and should be addressed.
Justin Elicker
Ward 10 Alderman
justin.elicker@gmail.com
Justin Elicker (Guest)
I just reached out to Traffic and Parking again on this issue. We met with some parents and the principal of Calvin Hill a while back to try and resolve the issue. Traffic and Parking said the grade of the road was too steep to install speed humps and that they were going to look into other alternatives. I'll try and get this moving along again.
Justin Elicker
Ward 10 Alderman
justin.elicker@gmail.com
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Joe Aburry (Guest)
Then there was incompetent criminal relatives of the mayor that rose to to top of a loonet tune schartz
Κλειστό Manager of Operations, Process Improvement - Transportation, Traffic, & Parking (Verified Official)