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Public works committee approves speed-hump projects after residents describe speeding and safety concerns
Summary
After testimony from neighborhood residents and DPW staff, the committee approved multiple traffic-calming measures including speed humps in several aldermanic districts; staff said most projects had majority support from aldermanic surveys or petitions.
The Milwaukee Public Works Committee approved a set of traffic-calming projects — largely asphalt speed humps — at multiple neighborhood locations following testimony from residents and explanations from Department of Public Works staff about petition and survey support.
Residents and block leaders described local speeding, school and daycare traffic, and nighttime cruising that they said endangered pedestrians and children. Corey Carpenter, a resident of North 40 Fifth Street, described repeated speeding and a pattern of what he called “cruising” on a side street and urged installation of an…
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