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Neighbors ask council for speed cushions; city outlines petition-based traffic-calming process
Summary
Residents described repeated drag‑racing and high speeds on Eagleman/Eagle Bend and presented a 14‑signature petition; city staff described an established traffic‑calming process requiring area definition, a neighborhood petition and a traffic study, while police said increased enforcement will be stepped up in the interim.
Residents told the Clinton City Council they have repeatedly observed drag racing and high speeds on Eagle Bend and nearby streets and asked the city for physical traffic calming.
Donnie Rosenbaum, who lives at 1535 Eagleman Road, said motorists “lined up in this lane and this lane and used it as a drag strip” and asked the council for “some kind of speed bump or something to slow them down before somebody gets hurt.” Peter Meininger, who lives at 102 Elizabethton Way on the corner of Eagle Bend, said he called 911 after a drag‑racing incident and collected 14 signatures from neighbors who want a speed‑control measure.
City Planner Preston Stokes explained that the council adopted a formal traffic‑calming process last year. He said the process requires staff to define the area and then collect a neighborhood petition to ensure a majority of residents support calming measures; the city will then complete a traffic study for liability reasons. Stokes advised residents to contact his office or leave a number so staff could follow up.
Police Chief Jim Campbell and Captain Bailey told the council the department would step up patrols and traffic stops in the area while the petition and study proceed. Chief Campbell said officers had recently clocked a driver at 52 mph in a 25 mph zone near the neighborhood and that routine drive‑throughs are occurring.
Rosenbaum and Meininger said they were not seeking criticism of the police and that they were offering the petition as a neighborhood-led way to prompt a physical calming solution. “We’re not complaining about the police department now or any of you guys,” Rosenbaum said.
Council members directed staff to provide the residents with the traffic‑calming process information and contact details for Preston Stokes so they could proceed with the petition and next steps.
