SCHENECTADY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) – According to officials in Schenectady, speeding is a problem throughout the city. And now they’re looking into lowering speed limits on local roads to 25 mph and want to implement additional traffic calming measures.
We told you about the Schenectady couple that owns a property that has been hit by eight speeding vehicles over the years. The last time it happened was back in March.
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It has prompted the Collins family to become fierce advocates. They’ve called on the city to address speeding and the city got one step closer this week.
Schenectady City Engineer Chris Wallin said putting the brakes on speeding starts with updating the electric city’s laws.
“Modify the city code to authorize the city engineer as it states to have a new section, which we’re calling ‘traffic calming measures’, which authorizes the city engineer to install traffic calming measures on designated streets,” said Wallin.