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Residents urge action on speeding, truck traffic on Salem County roads
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Summary
Residents Carl Smith and David Watts told the meeting that faster, heavier truck traffic has increased in recent years, forcing children to cross roads to reach buses and putting farm operations at risk; no formal enforcement action was recorded in the transcript.
Residents raised safety concerns about speeding and increased truck traffic on county roads during the meeting's public comment portion.
"My name is Carl Smith. I live at 283 Fort Bridge Road," said Carl Smith, who described building his house about six years ago and seeing "the difference in the traffic." He said buses now stop in places that require children to cross a road and recounted drivers who were unable to stop for a bus: "Now they have to cross the street... they blew their horn." Smith added a concern about truck routing, saying that "the trucks... miss, like, 4 red lights if they go down 40, which I guess is a designated road for the trucks."
David Watts, who identified himself as living at 210 Walker Road, said his farm is near a busy intersection and that by the time vehicles reach his property they are "already at max speed." He warned, "I'm very worried that eventually, there's gonna be bad accident there," and emphasized danger to children and farm traffic.
Speakers praised some road maintenance but said torn pavement and driver behavior continue to endanger residents. The transcript records these statements as public comment; it does not record any formal motion, staff response, or vote directing enforcement or changes to signage. The transcript also does not identify the governing body convened for the meeting.
