The Hammond City Board of Public Works and Safety on Jan. 2 voted to deny two ClickFix requests: one to increase the speed limit on Southeastern from 170 Third Street to 170 Fifth Street and another to install a blinking yellow turn arrow at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and Chicago Street. The board moved and approved denial of both requests by voice vote.

City staff member Landau Giroux told the board the speed-limit change should not proceed while the nearby former YMCA property is being repurposed and said the turn-signal request had been reported before. “Something we could perhaps look at, but at this time, I don’t see this really moving forward,” Landau Giroux said, adding, “I do not recommend its approval.” The presiding official then made a motion to deny both requests, which passed by voice vote.

After the vote a board member asked that information posted with the ClickFix requests be corrected by whoever uploads it before the item is considered again. No technical traffic study, timing data or a revised ClickFix report was provided in the meeting record.