Cleveland Heights to reduce speed limit on 5 street sections, with hopes to create a safer community

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — There’s a brand new plan to deal with dashing throughout choose neighborhoods in Cleveland Heights.

“Being that there are such a lot of pedestrians and canines and walkers, it’s a bit alarming to see somebody going 40 miles per hour when it ought to be decrease than 25,” mentioned Cleveland resident Jeanne Petre.

As an avid neighborhood walker and mom, Petre tells me she’s involved for her and her household’s security.

“There’s simply a whole lot of motion and our youngsters may be going to the playground and the automobiles are going too quick, so it’s one thing that’s positively alarming,” mentioned Petre.

However Petre stays hopeful town’s latest ordinance to decrease the velocity restrict on focused streets working by residential neighborhoods will assist.

“Our preliminary initiative right here is to decrease these velocity limits on these chosen streets from 35 all the way down to 25 to maintain our residents a bit bit safer,” mentioned Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren.

The Mayor says he’s acquired quite a few stories from residents involving dashing.

Now, Seren hopes this initiative, which he says is the primary of many, will create a fair safer group.

“We’re taking a look at environmental and bodily infrastructure modifications that we are able to make whether or not it’s velocity tables, raised crosswalks, road narrowing – these kinds of bodily modifications we are able to make within the driver’s atmosphere that can result in a pure lower in velocity and extra cautious driving,” mentioned Seren.

The brand new initiative will impression these 5 road sections:

• Euclid Heights Boulevard from Coventry Highway to South Taylor Highway
• Lee Highway in its entirety
• Noble Highway, north of Monticello Boulevard
• North Taylor Highway, north of Monticello Boulevard
• South Taylor Highway between Fairmount Boulevard and Euclid Heights Boulevard.

Chances are you’ll recall our earlier protection at South Taylor Highway and Fairmount final November when a driver smashed into this residence throughout a high-speed police chase.
Then a crash occurred once more again in July, resulting in much more harm.

The mayor says these occasions are unlucky for this home-owner, however he says his plan addresses each day dashing occurrences versus out-of-control drivers.

“It’s necessary for us to create an on a regular basis atmosphere, not simply plan for these particular occurrences the place any individual is reckless driving, however in our on a regular basis lives, we have to make the roads safer,” mentioned Seren.

Regardless, Cleveland Heights residents like David Mahoney say it’s a step in the precise route.

“Folks take it with no consideration regardless of the velocity restrict, and it’s there for a motive, by and enormous,” mentioned Mahoney.

The decision is predicted to enter impact round Dec. 21.

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