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Police report dozens of speeding citations; committee told county must run speed study for engine-braking controls
Summary
The police chief told the Village Public Safety Committee on Sept. 16 that officers have issued dozens of citations for speeding on the approach to Main Street and that formal speed-limit changes require a county/DOT speed study because segments are county-owned.
The Village Public Safety Committee heard on Sept. 16 that officers have issued dozens of speeding citations on the stretch of road approaching Main Street and that engine braking is already prohibited under local ordinance and state law. “We are writing literally dozens and dozens of citations,” the police chief reported, adding that officers have deployed radar devices in the corridor to gather speeding data.
Committee members and staff described a complicated jurisdictional map in which the roadway transitions from village to county control within about 88 feet; as a…
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