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Resident urges Huber Heights to address high speeds on Kittredge Road
Summary
A long-time area resident described repeated high-speed driving, drag racing and safety risks for children on Kittredge Road and asked the council to increase enforcement and install traffic calming measures.
Robert Monday, a resident who said he lives on Kittredge Road, told the Huber Heights City Council at its Sept. 22 meeting that speeding and reckless driving on his street pose an immediate danger to children and neighbors.
"It's not unusual for me to see cars doing 60, 70, 80 miles an hour," Monday said, describing repeated incidents and one crash in 2022 that he said damaged a large stretch of fence in front of his house. He called the stretch between Strat Haven and the end of Kittredge a “Kittredge Raceway” and urged the city to take action before a child is seriously hurt.
Why it matters: Monday said there are about 10–11 children who use the area and that his grandson plays there. Council members and staff responded with immediate next steps: they will examine mobile speed-detection trailer placement and coordinate with the police division and planning staff to collect speed and time-of-day data. Council members noted a recent hiring in the police division and said additional officers will increase enforcement capacity.
What council said: Councilmember Scott Campbell and others said staff has made the issue a citywide enforcement priority and that the police division already places a speed-trailer at problem locations. "The best thing you can do is to stay loud about it," Campbell said, urging residents to report problem times and locations so staff can target enforcement.
Next steps: Staff committed to work with planning and police division staff to consider mobile speed trailers, targeted enforcement during peak problem times, and other traffic-calming options. The meeting record did not list specific timing for any physical road changes or budgeting for installations, and staff said the police division — which added an officer in July and expects another in October — would emphasize enforcement in problem areas.
Ending: Monday thanked council for listening; council members asked staff to follow up and said the resident’s comments would be passed to the police chief for action.
