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Elm Street residents petition Red Hook to lower speed limit to 25 mph
Summary
Neighbors submitted a petition asking the Town Board to request a county speed-limit reduction study and to lower Elm Street’s posted speed from 35 mph to a 25 mph area speed limit; the petition asks the board to include nearby Linden-neighborhood streets in the review.
Residents of Elm Street delivered a petition to the Town Board asking the posted speed limit be reduced from 35 mph to a 25 mph area speed limit.
The petition, led by Pat Guariglia and multiple signers, describes Elm Street as a short residential roadway terminating in a roundabout, with many homes of families and children and limited sidewalks. Petitioners requested the Town Board initiate a formal Speed Limit Reduction Request to the Dutchess County Department of Public Works, commission the required engineering study (speed studies, traffic volume and roadway condition analysis) using NYSDOT methodology, and pass a formal supporting resolution. The filing requests that adjoining Linden-neighborhood streets (Albie Road, First Street, Dogwood Street, Chestnut, Beech, Alder and portions of Aspinwall Road) also be considered for similar limits.
The petition packet includes multiple signatures and addresses and asks the board to act to improve pedestrian safety in the neighborhood.
