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Resident urges Farmville to act after collisions and recurring speeding on Grimmersburg Street
Summary
Greg Smith, a resident at 4124 Grimmersburg Street, described repeated excessive speeding on Grimmersburg Street near a Presbyterian church and a May 14 collision involving a teacher and a student driver; he urged the town to lower the speed limit, increase patrols and consider speed bumps.
At the June 3 meeting resident Greg Smith told the board that excessive speeding on Grimmersburg Street threatens schoolchildren and pedestrians.
Smith said he works from home and has observed frequent speeding on Grimmersburg Street, including by school buses. He described a May 14 collision at Grimmersburg and Waverly at about 3:30 p.m., in which a teacher and a student driver collided and one vehicle came to rest on the sidewalk in front of the Presbyterian Church. He said no children were on the sidewalk at that time but noted the sidewalk is usually busy with students walking home.
Smith asked the town to consider lowering the speed limit on Grimmersburg Street, increasing police patrols and installing speed bumps to make walking routes to and from school safer for children and other pedestrians.
