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Residents press Morristown council for speed humps and enforcement ahead of Staples redevelopment
Summary
Neighbors near Jardine Road urged the council for traffic calming and speed humps ahead of expected traffic from a Staples redevelopment; the mayor and administration pledged a resident survey and a formal speed count before any installation.
Residents from Jardine Road and nearby streets told the council they have long-standing problems with speeding on narrow, sidewalk-free blocks and urged the town to install speed humps and improved signage as redevelopment begins at the Staples site.
Scott Wilson (8 Jardine Road) said the neighborhood has negligible sidewalks and narrow streets where families with small children are now afraid to walk. He handed a petition to the clerk and asked how the process works. "We have speeders who will go through our neighborhood," he said, and urged the council to help secure traffic calming before construction increases through-traffic.
Mayor Timothy P. Dy and other council members said the administration will re-run a resident survey on Jardine and adjoining streets, conduct an engineering speed count and assess criteria for speed humps. The mayor described prior resident surveys that had previously rejected speed humps but said "we'll do the study, we'll do the survey... and then we'll get back to the results." Police leaders in the room heard the complaint and officials said targeted enforcement is possible if resources allow.
Other residents reported crashes, worries about children during summer break and requests that the police do focused enforcement in the near term.
What's next: Administration will circulate a new survey to affected residents and run a speed count; any installation of speed humps will follow the town's standard petition and engineering criteria process.
