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Residents urge Inglewood to act on repeated crashes along 8th Avenue corridor
Summary
A resident told the council the 8th Avenue corridor has seen a "dramatic escalation" of crashes over seven years, including multiple homes struck and a recent hit-and-run; he said a 2019 speed-hump petition remains unresolved and asked the city to convene a meeting with public works and police.
A resident identifying himself as Hutchinson used public comment on May 12 to urge the Inglewood City Council to address repeated and serious vehicle crashes along the 8th Avenue corridor.
Hutchinson said the area has experienced a sharp rise in crashes over the past seven years, including multiple homes struck and a recent hit-and-run that he said had been documented with the Inglewood Police Department. He said residents submitted a speed-hump petition in 2019 after his home was struck by an out-of-control vehicle and asked the council and public works to take the petition and the safety problem seriously.
Hutchinson said attempts to engage Public Works and other city offices had not yielded results and requested that officials convene the meeting Councilmember Gray is planning to address the issue. The council did not record a formal direction or a vote on traffic-calming measures during the meeting; the matter was raised during public comment for follow-up by council and staff.
The transcript records residents' requests and the intent to convene further discussion, but no funding, engineering plan or timetable was announced during the meeting.
