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Cranston council weighs engineering and enforcement to address speeding on Hope Road
Summary
Council members discussed a mix of targeted traffic studies, signage, enforcement and road markings to address speeding on Hope Road near Hope Highlands, with some members opposing raising speed limits near schools.
Councilman Ritz urged the Cranston City Council on Sept. 22 to pursue a package of engineering and enforcement measures after a traffic study showed a large share of vehicles exceeding the posted 25 mph limit on Hope Road.
The council discussed why the matter matters: Hope Road runs past Hope Highlands Middle School and town athletic fields, and residents and council members described blind curves, sidewalks that end, and children walking to fields as safety concerns. Ritz said a prior monitoring study showed “62% of the vehicles that they monitored were going at least 20, at least 10 miles over the 25 miles per hour speed limit,” and that the average recorded speed was about 37 mph.
City and police staff described a set of possible interventions they are prepared to implement without an outside study and flagged options that would require…
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