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Shorewood to pursue traffic study after residents report speeding, near-misses on Burton Boulevard
Summary
Residents told the village board they face dangerous speeding and near-misses on Burton Boulevard; the board said a traffic study is being pursued and should be available at the next meeting.
Julie Bridal, a Shorewood resident, told the village board that speeding drivers have caused crashes and repeated close calls on Burton Boulevard, including one incident she described as a near-runover. "He almost hit me," Bridal said, recounting a driver who accelerated toward her at a four-way stop.
Christine Posamkevich told the board that a neighbor's Freedom of Information Act request had produced extensive records: "5,000 pages of emails, texts and complaints for Burton Boulevard," and she said there were roughly 200 pages of traffic violations since 2017. Posamkevich asked the board whether a speed monitor or study had been deployed; the chair replied that public comment is not a Q&A period but later said the village is pursuing a traffic study and hopes to have proposals back for the next meeting.
The chair said the village cannot unilaterally call an engineer without proposals in hand but that staff is pursuing a comprehensive study so any mitigation does not simply shift the problem elsewhere. The board did not take a formal vote on traffic measures at this meeting; the chair said the study would be available for the board to consider at the next meeting.
