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Residents and council discuss speed hump placement; mayor announces park stewards and outreach to encampment
Summary
A resident urged city action after observing drivers bypass partial speed humps near Krieger Elementary; the mayor said the city is ordering additional temporary speed humps, has hired park stewards for several parks and will deploy outreach to a North White Street encampment affecting children walking to school.
Poughkeepsie — Public comment at the Sept. 9 Common Council meeting raised safety concerns in school zones and near city parks, prompting the mayor to describe immediate steps the city is taking on speed humps, park stewardship and outreach to address a small encampment on North White Street.
Paul Brenner, who gave his address as South Grand Avenue in the Eighth Ward, said speed humps placed on only one side of some streets are ineffective because drivers simply drive around them. He said he lives across from Krieger Elementary…
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