Resident urges crosswalks, speed bumps after months of neighborhood traffic incidents

Chanel Hill, a Taylorsville resident, told the City Council during public comment that she has spent three months asking the city for a crosswalk and speed bumps near her neighborhood and has received no meaningful action. "Why? Why does it take repeated pleas and still nothing? Does someone have to be killed or die before action is taken?" Hill said.

Hill described ongoing traffic problems in her area, saying she has worked with police detectives, installed cameras, and captured what she described as a preventable crash on video. "I caught it on my camera. And guess what? Chief caught him. My cameras are open to any 1 of your officers 24 7," she said, adding that she will continue to press the city until it acts.

The comment came during the council's public-comment period and was directed in part at police leadership; Chief Cottom was present and the meeting then moved on to scheduled reports. Council did not take formal action during the meeting on Hill's requests. The citizen-comment period concluded after Hill finished and the agenda proceeded to staff reports.

The complaint raised several implementation questions Hill said she had asked the city about, including whether needed changes were limited by “legislative issues.” Hill said she understood city policy to be the starting point for local safety improvements and pushed the council to require more regular compliance checks and transparency from local organizations that affect neighborhood safety.

Council members did not debate or vote on Hill's request at the meeting. Hill said she would continue to attend council meetings and press for change.

Looking ahead, the council can refer the request to staff for a traffic study or place it on a future agenda for detailed discussion; no such referral or direction appears in the meeting record.