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YORKTOWN, N.Y. — Bill Gorman told Yorktown officials that he is afraid for his young son's safety.
Gorman, who lives on Hanover Street, said vehicles routinely travel 50 mph or faster on what is a 30 mph residential street.
"You can hear the whizzing," he said. "It sounds like a speedway in front of my house."
Gorman took his concerns to the Yorktown Town Board this week and asked for a speed hump, stop sign or a children at play sign in an effort to try to slow motorists.
Councilman Nick Bianco said he was aware of the neighborhood and said that with construction on the Taconic State Parkway, he expected more drivers to use Hanover Street as a shortcut.
"It's a tough road. It's a windy road," Bianco said.
Councilman Terrence Murphy, serving as acting supervisor in the absence of Supervisor Michael Grace, promised Gorman he would visit his home with Public Safety Officer Larry Eidelman to come up with a solution.
"We'll address it," Murphy said.
Comments (3)
Good luck with this....we've been trying to get people to slow down on Quinlan Street for 12 years! 30 mph means unlimited speed allowed to the residents of this town. It's very disheartening. Oh, and the answer, "we'll address it", is meaningless. We need the police to start issuing very harsh tickets to people going over 30 -- not 40. It's a matter of respecting our neighbors and ourselves. These roads in Yorktown were never built to handle the speeds at which they are now driven. I do hope you get some relief....perhaps we all will.....
"Gorman took his concerns to the Yorktown Town Board this week and asked for a speed hump, stop sign or a children at play sign in an effort to try to slow motorists." There is a sign on Broad street that states school zone 15 MPH. Guess what, even the school buses don't obey it. Worst offenders, people that have children in the Brookside school. So to think that a sign that says children at play, are you kidding?
Put the public safety officer with his radar unit there on a regular basis, and it will stop. If you want to speed go on 684 or the TSP. At least there is no cross traffic and most of the drivers are already doing 75+ on 684 and 65+ on the TSP. The town speed in Yorktown is 30MPH on most roads. Most people do maybe 40. Leave a little earlier. Stay off the cell phone and the Blackberry,pay attention to the speedometer.
Thank you for bringing this long-standing problem to the town's attention. I hope something can be done. We take our lives into our hands crossing Hanover Street to get to our mailbox!