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Residents urge Patchogue to review speed humps and traffic-calming after crashes and near-misses
Summary
Multiple residents described collisions, near-misses and speeding on neighborhood streets and urged the village to evaluate speed humps, rumble strips and signage; trustees asked engineering staff to review hot spots.
Several Patchogue residents used the March 10 public-comment period to press trustees for a systematic review of traffic calming, signage and speed-hump placement after multiple accidents and repeated near-misses in residential neighborhoods.
Don Wocksmith, who identified himself as a resident living near the corner of Bay and Common, described a recent two-car crash and said new speed humps installed during repaving projects had produced mixed results. “We have accidents on Common Street that rival the expressway,” Wocksmith said, asking the…
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