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Woodbury to rotate speed-monitoring signs after review finds 125 speed-related crashes in 2020–24; CTDOT plans rumble strips on Route 317
Summary
First Selectman Paul Zulpa reported a plan to rotate two speed-monitoring signs among town roads and highlighted a UConn/T2 crash profile showing 125 speed-related crashes in Woodbury from 2020–2024; CTDOT also plans lane-departure rumble strips along Route 317 (Project #170-3784).
The Woodbury Board of Selectmen heard a traffic-safety update May 26 that included a town plan to rotate two speed-monitoring signs for 30-day periods across several roads and a CTDOT project to install lane-departure rumble strips along Route 317.
First Selectman Paul Zulpa said the speed-sign rotation will begin with sites on Minortown Road, Old Sherman Hill Road, Judson Road, Westside Road and Old Town Farm Road; the Police Department will use the collected data to guide enforcement. Zulpa also reported that CTDOT plans to install rumble strips along Route 317 (Project #170-3784) from the Roxbury town line through the Route 6 intersection.
The board reviewed a University of Connecticut Transportation Institute (T2) crash profile showing 125 speed-related crashes from 2020–2024, split nearly evenly between state roads (61) and local roads (64). The data, presented during Local Traffic Authority training, identified most crashes in daylight and during peak hours and recorded two suspected serious injuries and no fatalities in the period shown.
Board members asked staff to track the sign data and coordinate with CTDOT and NVCOG studies before pursuing permanent infrastructure changes.
