CARLISLE, Pa. — People living in a Carlisle neighborhood are raising concerns about vehicles speeding through their neighborhood.
"It's getting to be too dangerous," said Heber Shearer. "The street is too dangerous."
Specifically, neighbors say the problem is happening in the section of B Street between North West and North Pitt Streets. It's a borough-owned road with an unposted speed limit of 25 miles per hour.
"We understand some people will go a little bit over the speed limit but we're talking 40 miles per hour, 50 miles per hour, we've seen some that were probably 60 or above," said James Evans.
The borough's engineer, Jeff Bergsten, says they take resident complaints seriously and on two separate weeklong occasions in July of 2023 and May of this year, radar cameras were placed in the neighborhood.
"Both times we collected data, while the data was slightly different, it did not indicate there is a serious speeding problem in that area," said Jeff Bergsten, Carlisle's borough engineer.
"They may say the data doesn't show it's happening but what we don't want to see is a kid or somebody getting hurt or a severe accident," said Evans. "It's not that we're here to complain, we're here to point out, 'Hey there's an issue, this is what we're seeing,'"
"We've already seen at least three or four times where it's been very close," added Shearer. "People have had to slam on brakes."
Last year, the borough installed several bulb-outs on B Street. They're meant to narrow the road and slow down traffic but residents say more needs to be done.
"I just wish they'd put some speed bumps or some signs or something or even patrol a little bit more at night," said Shearer.
Roundabouts were also installed a bit farther up on both sides, as part of a traffic improvement project.
The borough has considered additional signage on B Street and says it will continue to do so, especially if data supports the move.
It has also received a federal grant amounting to about $600,000 which will go towards more safety improvements on B Street between C Street and Cherry Street.
According to Bergsten, there are plans to install a "shared use path" over the next few years. This is a 10-foot paved sidewalk which can be shared by both pedestrians and cyclists.
"We are strategically trying to place those in areas to connect our school campuses with our residential areas so kids have a healthy option for getting to and from school," said Bergsten.
In the meantime, all parties have a consistent message for drivers.
"Everything is not a hurry to get to," said Evans. "We've all been there but what you have to go through if you kill somebody….just take the time and slow down."
"Really to solve the problem, we can have engineers, we can have police, but we also need the people to be part of the solution," added Bergsten.
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