Description

Gladstone blvd is a cut through to Bayshore. People travel down Gladstone to use the light at EnglewoodIsles parkway, because it’s almost impossible (especially from November-May) to make a left onto 776. The next traffic light after EnglewoodIsles parkway is not until Dearborn. We have many neighborhoods surrounding EnglewoodIsles, and nobody can blame them for taking Gladstone to get to the traffic light. Our speed limit is 25mph on Gladstone. We have people speeding Day and night anywhere from 45-65 mph on a 25mph street everyday. We’ve had speeds up to 90 mph too. This is an I-75 speed in a residential neighborhood. The speeding is dangerous with the school buses in the morning, and also in the evening. We have thousands of people who travel down Gladstone weekly. Our neighborhood has a number of reported incidents of accidents, dogs being killed, and pedestrians being almost side swiped. There’s even a FWC report from a bald eagle being killed on Gladstone from speeding. We don’t have street lights, and people walk, and bike, on Gladstone everyday. Gladstone is .8 miles long, and it’s a straight roads without any stop signs. People have used this road drag race at night . Somebody will be killed. We cannot take a deputy off patrol 7 Days a week just to monitor just 1 street in our county. We need the county’s help for safety of our residents and their pets. We have hearing and visually impaired residents, along with many handicap residents. We ask for a few stop signs to break up the flat stretch of road .8 miles long. Also, many years ago double yellow lines were paid for by an old HOA board. This is the county’s roads, as we aren’t private. The double yellow lines made this worse. The HOA will work with the county to resolve this consistent issue, before more lives are in daily danger. Many residents have reached out for help, and have gotten nowhere.