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Resident urges council to act after sustained speeding on Belmont Avenue
Summary
Mallory DuBois told the Mount Vernon City Council that drivers regularly speed on Belmont Avenue, endangering children who walk to Dan Emmett School and neighborhood residents; she asked the council to consider traffic-calming measures including speed humps.
Mallory DuBois, a military veteran and retired nurse who lives at 30 Belmont Avenue, told the Mount Vernon City Council on Sept. 8 that vehicles and motorcycles routinely speed on her street, creating safety risks for children and residents. "That street has become a racetrack," DuBois said, adding that drivers ignore the 25 mph limit and that commercial vehicles and dump trucks using the street as a shortcut make the…
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