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Council advances traffic-safety steps: stop-sign cameras, speed‑bump pilot and Hays Street repairs discussed
Summary
Council and staff described a multi-pronged approach to traffic safety — portable stop-sign cameras, a speed-bump pilot, police visibility and an upcoming Hays Street pothole repair — after residents reported drivers running stop signs and endangering children and pedestrians.
City Council members and residents on Monday focused on traffic safety across the city — including proposed stop‑sign monitoring cameras, a speed‑bump pilot program and immediate pothole repairs on Hays Street.
The most urgent item, council members said, is child and pedestrian safety at intersections where drivers frequently run stop signs. Councilman Herring and others discussed a pilot camera program intended to document stop-sign violations; the devices are portable and, council members said, the vendor indicated the program would not cost the city.
Councilman Herring described the cameras as a response to data showing widespread noncompliance at school crossings and neighborhood intersections. “Once word got out there that a camera was out at the stop sign, everybody stopped at the…
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