Residents urge council to revisit golf-cart restrictions and seek traffic calming on neighborhood street

During the public-comment period on March 24, two Collinsville residents raised safety and mobility concerns.

Thomas Anderson asked the council to reconsider the city's decision not to permit golf-cart operation on public streets. Anderson said his golf cart is equipped with headlights, taillights, brake lights, turn signals, a horn and seat belts and that allowing carts would help seniors and residents on fixed incomes. "With this present economy, gas prices are skyrocketing, and having the use of our golf cart, to me, I believe, would be a big help," Anderson said. Staff asked Anderson to leave written materials and said the council had not taken action on the ordinance at this time.

Resident Jack Sitner described speeding and aggressive driving on North Keebler Avenue between Beltline Road and East Park Avenue, noting a police request that morning for door-camera footage after an accident. Sitner said drivers often use the street as a cut-through and that visibility on a hill increases the danger when backing out of driveways. "I'm asking the council to take a closer look at North Keebler Avenue and evaluate whether traffic calming or other measures would be appropriate," he said. City staff thanked both speakers and said Lieutenant Jackson and Public Works Director Troy Turner would follow up with potential traffic-calming options.

Both comments were recorded under the city's public-input rules; no formal action or vote was taken on either request during the March 24 meeting.