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Resident urges action as drivers speed past Bunker Hill Road home; commission hears request to repaint intersection markings
Summary
A Watertown resident told the police commission July 8 that Bunker Hill Road has become a speeding thoroughfare with truck traffic and threats to her family; another resident asked officials to repaint a worn stop line at the Straits Turnpike/Davis Street corner.
Resident Kimberly Peguenny told the Watertown Police Commission on July 8 that traffic near her home at 709 Bunker Hill Road has become hazardous, with tractor-trailers and speeding drivers making it difficult to enter and leave her driveway. “I can't even get out of our driveway … it's turned into a freeway slash highway,” she said, and added that her daughter had been threatened by drivers who have shouted and made obscene gestures.
A second resident, who provided an address of 95 Woodbine Avenue, urged the traffic authority to repaint the white stop line at the acute corner where Straits Turnpike meets Davis Street and to address drivers who creep past the line or make turns on red. “I'm gonna bug you guys to bug the guy that paints the roads to put the white line back,” the resident said.
Chair remarks and the commission's procedural record show the deputy chief was present to hear the concerns; no formal action or vote on traffic calming measures was taken at the meeting. Commissioners did not announce an immediate plan of action but the public comments were noted for follow-up with traffic staff and the police department.
The comments came during the commission's public participation period near the start of the July 8 meeting. The commission later moved through regular business including approval of minutes and other procedural items before receiving the police department's monthly report.
