The prospect of adding automated speed enforcement cameras on Main Street has emerged as the leading idea to curb speeding and prevent another fatal crash, at least in the short term while other ideas are considered.
Meanwhile, speed humps remain an option on the table, but city officials’ enthusiasm for them seems to have cooled amid pushback from Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company.
Following a 90-minute discussion of various safety ideas Monday night, city council members directed City Manager Tom Coleman to work with Aetna, the University of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Transportation to develop more detailed recommendations and bring them back to the council for a vote in June…