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Resident urges Pulaski County to study speed bumps after reports of high speeds in Green Meadows
Summary
A resident told Pulaski County Fiscal Court that long streets in Green Meadows see high resident and delivery traffic and dirt-bike riders at unsafe speeds and asked the court to study speed bumps and other traffic-calming measures.
Barton Dejernick, a Green Meadows resident, told the Pulaski County Fiscal Court on Oct. 28 that drivers and delivery vehicles travel “in and out at ludicrous speed” on the neighborhood’s long streets and that dirt-bike riders sometimes reach “40 and 50 miles an hour” without helmets.
Dejernick said the streets Mimosa and Magnolia are particularly long and that speeding persists despite signs asking drivers to slow down for children. He said he had discussed the problem informally with Sheriff’s Department staff and concluded law-enforcement presence may not be a practical solution because of staffing constraints.
The resident asked the court to consider installing speed bumps and studying a cut-through route shown on maps he provided to the court, saying the route is used to avoid a traffic signal at Bourbon Road and U.S. 27.
Judge Martin responded that he would personally inspect the neighborhood and that the court would “take a look at that,” and staff said they would review Dejernick’s maps.
The request was made during the public-comment portion of the meeting; no formal motion or vote followed and the court did not set a date for staff to report back.
