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Residents urge Depew trustees to address speeding on Columbia Avenue; police cite enforcement limits and prior speed study
Summary
At the June 9 meeting residents Joe and Michelle Nervo asked the board to address high speeds on Columbia Avenue near Dorset and Forest View. Police said enforcement is ongoing, offered to meet to evaluate placement of speed equipment, and noted a recent study showed an average speed of 30.1 mph for one direction of traffic.
Two residents asked the Village of Depew Board of Trustees on June 9 to take action after repeated incidents of high speeds on Columbia Avenue that they said put children and families at risk.
Joe and Michelle Nervo, who identified themselves as Columbia Avenue residents, told the trustees speeding frequently exceeds safe limits on their block between Dorset Drive and Forest View. “On my security camera, I’ve gotten three different people that are probably doing at least 65 or 70,” Michelle Nervo said at the podium. She said an 11‑year‑old in the neighborhood, other young children and an…
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