A concerned citizen came before the Smithville Mayor and Board of Aldermen Monday night asking for speed bumps to be placed in the Morgan Drive/Gentry Avenue area.
Mary Smith of 428 Morgan Drive says speeding is a problem in the neighborhood and that she and others are concerned that someone could get hurt unless it is addressed. “Residents of Morgan Drive and Gentry Drive are concerned about our safety and our kids safety, being in the yards and on the sidewalks, because of the speeding cars. We would like for you all to talk it over and see if we can get some speed bumps on Gentry and Morgan Drive. There was even a city truck come through there the other day and he was flying. The speed limit is 15 miles per hour.”
Mayor Taft Hendrixson said that the police department could step up patrols in the area but that speed bumps probably could not be put in because these are thru streets.” We will step up the patrols over there and if anyone is caught speeding, they will get a ticket. I hope I don’t have another report of a city truck going through there speeding.”
“The board made a decision probably two or three years ago that on thru streets where EMS units and fire trucks go, we don’t put the speed bumps on any thru streets. If it’s a dead end street, it might be a different story, we might do one. I think there are maybe a couple (speed bumps) on one dead end street here in town. But on thru streets, it is just a hazard to EMS units and different people who have to come through there. I will guarantee that we will have extra patrols through there and you will see more city policemen patrolling that area.”
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