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Residents press Allegany County to act on State Route 51 safety; officials plan work session with sheriff
Summary
Multiple residents told the Allegany County Commissioners that State Route 51 is increasingly dangerous and urged enforcement and safety improvements, including speed cameras. County officials said a work session with the sheriff is tentatively scheduled and that changing the county's 2019 law on speed cameras would require legislative action.
Multiple residents at the Allegany County Commissioners meeting urged officials to take steps to make State Route 51 safer, citing frequent speeding, dangerous passing on hills and curves, and a pattern of near-miss and fatal crashes.
"It's time. It is long past time to make route 51 safe," said Sandy Lipholt, a resident, who described a family member killed in a crash 38 years ago and said response times and traffic volumes have not improved. Lipholt and others asked the county to pursue enforcement and engineering measures, including speed cameras, better signage and law-enforcement…
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