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Curb Fast Drivers With Speed Bumps?

312 views · Published 29 October 2012 · 2:08 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato  One woman in the Washington Hills neighborhood, says, enough is enough. She says the way motorists fly up and down her street  is a recipe for trouble. Now, she wants the city to get involved and fix the problem."They can hit my child, my grand baby. It doesn't necessarily have to be my grandchild, other kids walk up and down this hill going back and forth to the bus," says concerned resident, Shari Buchanan.So Buchanan is fighting back the one way she knows how. She has signed a petition along with a  number of her neighbors, in an effort to request speed bumps from the city.NewsChannel9 sat with Buchanan, and saw a number of cars speeding up and down Hansley Drive.Chattanooga City Traffic Manager John Van Winkle says he'll be the first one to admit there's a problem. He says there's even a traffic study to prove it."This one easily qualified. Prevailing speeds are nearly 15 miles per hour over the speed limit, theres no question it qualifies," says Van Winkle.But says until the funds are there, their hands are tied.He says the neighborhood is on a list, and there's no word on when the work will be done."I think what we're doing is reasonable. We can't accommodate everybody immediately, it just takes time and that's just the way the process is set up," says Van Winkle.Van Winkle says it will cost around 700 dollars for each speed cushion. He hopes to have an answer on when they are going to be put in during next fiscal year.

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