Neighbors want speed limit reduced in south side neighborhood

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Practically 80 neighbors alongside South Sherman Drive are requesting the Indianapolis Division of Public Works to cut back the velocity restrict from 40 to 30 mph between Southport Highway and Cease 11 Highway.

Ashley Ernsting, a resident of the world, additionally asking the town to put a “sharp curve forward” signal positioned on the north finish of Sherman Drive.

“I can’t inform you what number of occasions I’ve slowed down simply to show into my driveway, folks zoom round me, they blast their horn at me,” Ernsting mentioned, who lives near the Sherman/Southport Highway intersection.

Sherman Drive is a well-liked quick reduce for these commuting between Southport Highway and County Line Highway.

Ernsting says at the least two drivers have been killed since she has lived alongside this street.

“There was a jogger jogging down this street, bought hit, didn’t make it as properly,” she mentioned.

In February of this yr, a drive plowed by means of her neighbor’s fence and one other hit a phone ballot in entrance of her yard.

“Please decelerate, please be thoughtful, it is a residential space, please thoughts your velocity,” Ernsting mentioned.

She can be asking the town to publish an officer alongside Sherman Drive to catch speeders.