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I live at 9 Pento Road in Woburn on the North Street Stoneham line & every time I go to try to get in or out of my driveway there's cars flying at least 50 mph. There needs to be a speed trap & a speed limit sign posted over on the Pento Road / Mill Street section of north street. Today my 8 year old daughter told me that my mom was pulling into the driveway trying to take a right & 4 cars almost smashed into her because A they were going so fast & B they didn't want to wait. I watch my neighbors wait very long to get in or out of their own driveways because people speed. Also my mailbox has been taken out numerous times from people speeding. Twice my lawn was shredded from people flying over it. There are a lot of young children that live here & on spartan circle in stoneham & people continue to use this street as a cutaway for 95 & think that it's ok to go 60 mph. I've got used to the traffic but the speeding not a chance. As I'm typing 15 cars just flew by. I'm afraid my daughter is going to get run over & I don't even let her play outside, that's no way to live. Please fix this problem, it's been this way for as long as I've lived here. Thank you.
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Dave Kilbride (Registered User)
SteffyG82 (Registered User)
NotFromStoneham (Registered User)
I would tend to agree. Traveling from the Woburn end, off of Mill Street to Pento Road, the first sign of a SPEED LIMIT sign is on the right hand side. The next sign of a sign is a CURVE / NO DUMPING / BLIND DRIVEWAY before the curve onto North Street, Stoneham. I travel this road frequently and gets very busy during rush hour (mostly afternoon rush hour). The town(s) should do the following:
1. Reduce speed on that road overall (25 MPH) and reduce it even more before the curve onto North Street (20 MPH).
2. An electric / solar powered YOUR SPEED radar sign installed on both sides of the road
3. Additional Signage - CAUTION / SLOW CURVE / PEOPLE XING (people actually walk on this road)/ KIDS PLAYING, etc. to alert ALL drivers, not just ones familiar with the road
4. Multiple speed traps per month (both from Woburn and Stoneham officers)
This change will allow families and drivers to be safe at all times. I equate this road to Main Street in Saugus, near the rotary. People speed up and down that road thinking it's a mini Route 1. Families have posted signs that say "DRIVE LIKE YOUR KIDS LIVE HERE" and "SMILE YOU'RE ON CAMERA". Maybe residents in Woburn/Stoneham could come together for a similar solution at the residential level but there needs to be a change at the town level before a real change happens.
SteffyG82 (Registered User)
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