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Resident urges traffic and construction‑site safety fixes on Summit Avenue; council to study radar signs
Summary
A Pompton Lakes resident told the borough council that drivers repeatedly run the stop sign at the bottom of Summit Avenue, putting children at risk; the council agreed to ask police for targeted enforcement and to study radar‑actuated or flashing signage and improved crosswalk markings.
James Kelly told the Pompton Lakes Borough Council during public comment that vehicles and commercial drivers regularly fail to stop at the stop sign where Summit Avenue meets Parkton Avenue and that many young children walk that route to school. "There's no speed limit sign on Ponton Avenue," Kelly said, adding that weekly horn blasts and near‑misses have become common and that better crosswalk signs or reflective flags could improve pedestrian safety.
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