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Homewood council approves speed tables on western Oxmoor Road after residents cite dangerous traffic
Summary
After a public hearing in which multiple residents described speeding and near-misses near Edginal and Edgcrest neighborhoods, the Homewood City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to install traffic-calming measures (speed tables/speed cushions) on the western end of Oxmoor Road near Northmore and Oakmore drives.
The Homewood City Council voted unanimously July 14 to install traffic-calming measures on the western end of Oxmoor Road near Oakmore Drive and Northmore Drive after residents described repeated speeding, delivery trucks, and dangerous crossings near neighborhood schools.
“There's also a speeding problem,” resident Beverly Bryce LaBeouf told the council, urging action to protect children walking and crossing to Hall Kent Elementary. Multiple residents said they regularly feel unsafe crossing Oxmoor and described people using the street as a cut-through to avoid Oxmoor Boulevard.
The council discussed prefabricated speed tables…
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