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Resident urges speed study after trooper clocks vehicle at 67 mph; Paris board votes to request county study
Summary
Resident Dennis Fitzgerald told the Paris Town Board that speeding on Campbell and King roads has increased with new development and a trooper radar-recorded a vehicle at 67 mph. The board moved and approved a request that the county perform speed studies on specified segments.
Dennis Fitzgerald, a Paris resident, told the Paris Town Board during public comment that speeding on Campbell Road and nearby King Road has increased since new development and the opening of the Loop Road, and asked the board to request a county speed study. He said a state trooper “radar'd a car going 67 on Campbell Road.”
The board said the process requires a motion by the board and then submission of a study request by the town clerk to the county, which will determine what action, if any, to take. The board and Fitzgerald identified specific study limits: Campbell Road from Pinnacle to King, King Road from Campbell to Pinnacle, and King Road from Mohawk to Pinnacle; the clerk said she would file the form with those segments.
A motion to request the county speed studies was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. Board members noted that lowering posted speed limits in the past (from 55 to 45, then to 35) had not eliminated speeding and that enforcement requires law-enforcement action; they said a speed study provides data that can help target enforcement.
Fitzgerald also told the board that Litchfield officials are considering a five-classroom school with 84 parking spaces on nearby property and that traffic from that project could worsen conditions on the local roads. Board members agreed to coordinate with Litchfield about study coverage on the sections that lie in that town.
Next steps: the clerk will submit the speed-study request to the county with the segments the board specified; the county will review the data and report back with any recommended changes or enforcement priorities.
