Description
We have reported this issue a few times in the last couple of years. Vehicles travel way in excess of the posted speed limit day & night. A couple of times a flashing "SLOW DOWN" sign with the posted speed is placed in the street. It helps temporarily while the sign is there, then traffic speeds up again when the sign is removed.
SPEED BUMPS MUST BE PLACED ON THIS STREET.
We are starting to wonder why the lack of interest from the New Haven Traffic & Parking Dept on this issue. Is somebody "connected" putting the squash on the request for some reason?? Or worse, is it thought by the powers that be that 'they're only renters' and not worth the extra expense of a few yards of blacktop??
SPEED BUMPS have been placed on streets much the same as Dover on "the other side of the tracks" - like Canner St and other streets off Willow.
It is such a NO BRAINER solution to slow down traffic.
PLEASE HELP US OVER HERE IN THE HOOD!! If you read this please click "I want this fixed too", even if you just agree with the SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN and aren't familiar with our particular street.
Maybe some action can be taken this time. Please, Traffic & Parking Department...
13 Comments
Moe (Guest)
L (Guest)
detour01 (Registered User)
For whatever reason Dover St is one of the only ones I can think of in Fair Haven that is newly paved from beginning to end (Clinton to Ferry). I'm not complaining about that, it's just it's an obvious great place to speed for anybody looking to do so. NHPD has certain policies which the average citizen would probably nice be in agreement with if we knew about it. One of them is not pursuing bikers that race around the streets with impunity. I KNOW from speaking to certain police officers this is a policy of the former Chief that is carried over with the new Chief - their names escape me this moment. Another is probably running radar traps to catch speeders and yet another is the use of unmarked police cars.
Dover St. needs speed bumps. Period.
jmbh (Guest)
Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
Concernedresident (Registered User)
detour01 (Registered User)
Lexington Ave (Registered User)
At some point everyone is going to have to ask themselves if the police are really too busy to enforce quality of life issues in this town. I live near you, I dont hear sirens 24/7. I do hear dirt bike racing around, I do hear cars racing around(all in front of peoples homes), I do see people doubling the speed limit daily and the one thing I dont see is people getting pulled over. Is it the fact that the jails are too full for the police to take action?
I hope you officially reported your neighbor, I do hear that the police will do something about threats and assaults.
detour01 (Registered User)
Acknowledged Engineering Department (Registered User)
maxiedal (Guest)
Engineering Department (Registered User)
Ok, if speeding is still an issue and the community thinks speed bumps would help, please fill out a "Complete Streets" request form. The link is below...
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Engineering/completestreets.asp
You'll also see a design manual. You do not actually have to design anything. Think of it as a showcase of the different kinds of traffic calming measures that can be done. The more residents that are behind a "Complete Streets" request the better. By law, it has to be approved by a resource committee before Engineering is allow to work on it. Feel free to call into engineering or post here if you have any questions.
I will also forward this on to the Police department for the time being.
Closed TT&P Workflow Inegration (Verified Official)