City of Albany looking at curbing residential speeding

Not so fast!

ALBANY, Ga. – The City of Albany is looking into more means of curbing high speed traffic along residential streets, with a street table like the one behind me being one of many options.

Ward 1 Commissioner, Jon Howard says that a number of solutions have been brought forward, such as more speed tables, like these scattered across Albany neighborhoods…

Especially because plenty of speeders burn rubber in residential areas.

“We have a lot of drivers now that, use the roads and they speed down them, especially in residential areas. So we had a lot of discussions yesterday because of the fact that every other month we get applications in asking the commission to put down some speed tables to help curtail the traffic,” said Jon Howard, Ward 1 Commissioner, City of Albany.

Other solutions, such as narrowing roads, and installing mini roundabouts like these were brought up at the commission meeting.

But these solutions would require far and away more difficult to achieve compared to a dozen new speed tables…

Especially since many of these residential speeders are driving up to 60 miles an hour.

“…And we had some other ones mentioned something like a roundabout. But I think in residential areas and interior streets, that the speed table will be conducive because if a person is going that fast, if he hits those tables, they’re probably going to knock his front wheel and alignment off…” said Howard.

And while the city has made the push for more traffic cameras and speed radars, Commissioner Howard says that trying to cover just every street in the city like that simply isn’t possible.

“It would be almost impossible. Because we’ve got over 700 streets in the city of Albany, Georgia. And trying to put speed tables there, that wouldn’t be the most inconvenient, and at the same time I’m thinking this is our method because it will last 15 to 20 years down the road,” said Howard.

As the city commission decides that speed tables are one of the most cost-effective means to curb high speed traffic, they’re encouraging anyone who gets behind the wheel to drive the speed limit.

Commissioner Howard told us that the city is planning to install over a dozen new speed tables in residential areas over the next year.

Brian Roche reporting.

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