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Resident asks Mineola trustees to address speeding on Marcellus Road; board pledges patrols and review
Summary
A Mineola resident pressed the Village Board to act on long‑running speeding and cut‑through traffic on Marcellus Road; trustees said they will ask the 3rd Precinct for increased patrols, consult Public Works, and study longer‑term traffic calming options including speed bumps.
Steve Kaufmann, a resident of 465 Marcellus Road, told the Village of Mineola Board of Trustees on the public‑comment agenda that vehicles have been speeding through his street for years and asked the board to consider traffic calming measures.
"We've had a condition for many years, of people, vehicles speeding through the street," Kaufmann said, adding that the street has become a "main thoroughfare between Hillside and Jericho" and that many children live on the block.
Mayor Pereira responded that the village will follow up immediately with law enforcement and staff. "Tomorrow, I'm gonna ask, our clerk to call the third precinct," Pereira said, and the board agreed to ask for increased patrols. Trustees also said they would consult with Mister Palumbo and study examples used by neighboring villages.
Kaufmann asked specifically for the installation of speed bumps. The board did not adopt any new regulation at the meeting; trustees described the next steps as direction to staff and law enforcement rather than a formal action. Mayor Pereira and other trustees noted several practical considerations that would guide any decision: effects on snow‑plow operations, lost parking spaces near hump features, and uncertainty about where a device would be placed.
Trustees framed the immediate response as an enforcement and education measure. Pereira said a short period of targeted patrols or traffic enforcement can often "reeducate" habitual cut‑through drivers and reduce dangerous driving while the village evaluates engineering remedies.
Residents who spoke during the same public‑comment period added that trucks and delivery vehicles also travel the route and sometimes fail to stop at signs; trustees said those observations would be passed to police for enforcement.
The board did not set a follow‑up hearing date but said staff would contact Kaufmann with progress and that the village will research comparative traffic‑calming installations in similar communities before proposing permanent hardware.
