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Residents ask South Burlington council for pocket park and permanent speed humps on East Terrace
Summary
Neighbors asked the council to convert the cul-de-sac at the end of East Terrace into a small park after an 11-year-old petition and urged permanent speed humps following repeated speeding incidents and a recent crash.
Robin Pyle, a South Burlington resident, told the council her 11-year-old daughter delivered a petition asking the city to "put a park down there for our neighborhood" at the cul-de-sac on East Terrace and said she collected signatures from nearly every household on the street.
Pyle also urged the council to install permanent speed humps after recounting crashes and near-misses on the half-mile street that she described as "a runway" with many children who bike and play. "It's easy to go 40 down East Terrace," she said, and added that temporary measures and prior calls to police have not resolved the safety concerns. Neighbor Dave Treston supported the request, citing spillover parking from UVM students and event traffic that narrows sightlines and sometimes leaves the street effectively one lane.
