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Residents press council on Mohawk Street cut-through traffic and utility repairs
Summary
A resident presented multi-day traffic counts showing thousands of cars on single city blocks and urged engineering changes and enforcement; council members and staff agreed to review the submitted reports and to coordinate with utilities to improve permanent repairs and patches in older neighborhoods.
A resident who identified himself as Mr. Owens told the Mobile City Council that JMAR speed-and-count devices recorded 6,677 vehicles over roughly five days on one city block and another device recorded 5,670 vehicles in a comparable span, with maximum speeds reported near 41 mph. Owens said those volumes and speeds make the short block feel like a "drag strip" and asked the city to study engineering improvements…
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