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Residents press board on Sanford Street speeding; city testing mobile speed enforcement

Glens Falls Board of Public Safety · October 8, 2025
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A Sanford Street resident urged the board to tackle chronic speeding near Sanford Street School and suggested automated camera enforcement. Chief Smith and the mayor reported testing of a mobile speed camera and a recording trailer, funded in part with ARPA dollars, and said staff will study enforcement practices used elsewhere.

A Sanford Street resident told the Glens Falls Board of Public Safety that repeated collisions and regular speeding outside Sanford Street School are creating a safety hazard and urged the city to consider automated enforcement.

"Speed's been a big issue there," resident Brian Bickford said of Sanford Street, noting collisions with a fire hydrant, telephone poles and trees and describing heavy commercial vehicles using the narrow…

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