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Spencer Road residents urge immediate traffic calming after hit-and-run; council asks staff to study options
Summary
Residents of the Spencer Road neighborhood delivered a petition asking the city to complete a traffic study and install calming measures after a February 15 hit-and-run and repeated observations of speeding. Council members said they will forward the formal traffic-study request to engineering and pursue enforcement and design options.
Residents of the Spencer Road neighborhood pressed the Ithaca Common Council on Nov. 5 to complete a long-delayed traffic study and install traffic-calming measures on Spencer Road and Stone Quarry Road.
Tracy McEvilly, speaking for the Spencer Road Neighborhood Association, said the group has gathered more than 20 signatures and maintained a traffic-incident log documenting routine speeding, drivers mounting sidewalks near Stone Quarry apartments and a February 15, 2025 hit-and-run that seriously injured a neighbor. McEvilly asked for an expedited study and…
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