The new signs are being ingored.

South Washington Street has become a speedway. Cars exiting from Route One continue on S. Washington at law breaking speeds. There was a fatality a couple of months ago and the driver was accelerating at 80 MPH according to the State Police Investigators. This is not the first fatality on this stretch of road. Something must be done before a vehicle wipes out walkers on the adjacent sidewalk. Why do the powers that be wait until another person in killed? If Covid/19 was not in place, a petition asking for more action would be available from all the nearby residents.

Sadly over the years even in CT speed limits on city roads that used to be 20-25 mph have become meaningless. When u attempt to do limit you r harassed by drivers behind you and face road rage. Only when automated systems are created that decelerate vehicles remotely will solutions be truly possible. In the interim a speed bump?

Good Citizen,

Speed bumps are really one of the only permanent solutions in my opinion. But in a town that has let its main street in a historical district fall into utter disrepair, I don't see them diverting finds away from anything to install these speed deterrents. I would also add that other that questionable funding practices at the town manager level, there may be a more practical reason to avoid speed bumps, street ploughing being the first that comes to mind.

With an awareness of the town's reluctance to actually spend money on or, god forbid - think of creative solutions to the problem, I have actually sent a few ideas to the town manager himself.

One of the ideas was a brilliant suggestion form a neighbor:
On any given day there are half a dozen Police cruisers sitting in the parking lot of the Police Station. Take two or 3 of these cars and park them on the street. Nothing gets your foot to the brake pedal faster the the sight of a police car. FREE. THIS COSTS NO MONEY and would be effective to a degree. Certainly more effective than the current approach.

Another idea was to install a sign that says the street is being monitored by police speed cameras.
I even designed it for them! other than making 4 or 5 signs and having them mounted on the telephone poles, this is another budget conscious idea.

The primary issue here is that someone really has to care. You can bet your life that if the Town Manager or Police Chief lived on this street the problem would have been resolved. And maybe, just maybe the two people that have been killed in the past 5 months on this street due to reckless speeds could have been avoided.

Nota Townie 👍

I have repeatedly heard the slogan "Speed Kills." South Washington has become a Speedway. It is just a matter of time before another fatality occurs on South Washington Street. We are saddened by the recent death on Adamsdale Road. More preventative action is needed immediately to stop this carnage.

Complaints of speeding motor vehicles should be reported directly to the police department. Please call 508-695-1212 (NAPD) and speak to a public safety dispatcher