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Residents press Hammond officials on speed bumps; city cites snow-removal and equipment damage concerns
Summary
A Parrish Avenue resident requested speed bumps after repeated vehicle damage; public works and the mayor said speed bumps are allowed in limited circumstances but raised snow-removal and equipment risks and the need for a controlled procedure.
A resident who said his car was struck twice asked the mayor and city staff to install a speed bump on Parrish Avenue to slow traffic. Officials described a steady debate between neighborhood safety and maintenance concerns and said the city has no blanket ban on speed bumps but needs a controlled policy before installing them broadly.
"I've had my car hit twice already...people are just going too fast," the resident said, asking the city to act. Mayor responded that earlier engineers had been skeptical, but "it's not illegal" to install speed bumps. Felix Gonzales, public works, described operational risks: "If snow's coming in at an angle...the signs will get covered...and if he doesn't see it, he could damage our plows" and noted that plows ride within fractions of an inch of the pavement, creating risk of equipment damage and added street wear.
City officials said installing one speed bump often leads to multiple requests from other neighborhoods and that the city would need "tight controls" and a formal procedure that balances safety, proximity to schools and snow-removal impacts. No vote or formal policy change was announced; officials said they would take the resident's request through the city's request-follow-up process and suggested using 311 to report recurring concerns for faster routing to departments.
