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Residents press Montgomery council for faster speed‑hump installations; staff proposes on‑call asphalt contract
Summary
Residents and council members criticized long waits for neighborhood speed humps and petitions; traffic staff proposed an on‑call asphalt speed‑hump contract to speed installations and explained design, data collection, and public‑safety tradeoffs; police said enforcement relies on constituent calls.
Residents and council members pressed city staff to speed up installations of neighborhood speed humps, saying long waits for traffic studies and petition thresholds have left dangerous locations unaddressed.
Council members described repeated constituent complaints and said some requests have waited months. "We don't need studies to study what we need," one council member said, arguing neighborhoods know where humps should go. Several council members urged the city to find an expedited path.
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