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Some of the signs enforcing the thru truck ban ordinance on Prospect St. Have been removed and the thru truck traffic has been increasing. The Police cannot enforce 24 hours a day so the signs at the end of the Gov. St exit and the large signs at the corner of Governer and Prospect St. need to go back up. The ordinance was put into affect after a child was hit by a truck. - We don;t need another tragedy. It also adversely affect s the quality of life for the Prospect St. residents due to noise and vibrations. Can we have the signs back ?
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Doug Hardy (Utilisateur inscrit)
Anonymous (Invité)
CTNewsJunkie.com (Utilisateur inscrit)
OK. I think you'll want to post the same info you posted above directly with the town again, if you haven't already. Here's the link:
http://www.townofmanchester.org/manager/public/public_entry.cfm
That takes you to Manchester's Citizen Request System where they're set up to receive requests like yours.
Melissa Bailey (Invité)
CTNewsJunkie.com (Utilisateur inscrit)
Ack!
I posted the Manchester link... must have had too many windows open on my computer here.
East Hartford is monitoring here... I'm sure they'll pick it up.
Denise Douglas (Invité)
CTNewsJunkie.com (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hi Denise,
Been way too long since this was posted for the town to have failed to address this. Feel free to call me to discuss it on the record and I'll make a big deal out of it.
860-646-0500 x305
CTNewsJunkie.com (Utilisateur inscrit)
Apparently I also listed Manchester info above by mistake 6 months ago, so that's my fault.
Billy Taylor - btaylor (at symbol) ci.east-hartford.ct.us
Director of Public Works, East Hartford
Mailing Address
740 Main Street
Public Works Administration
61 Ecology Drive
East Hartford, CT 06108
(860) 291-7361, (860) 291-7363
Directions to Public Works Administration
Seventh right off Burnside Avenue coming from Main Street. At the second Stop Sign, take a right into the lower yard, blue office building
Hours 7AM - 3PM
Give them a call - all of you - and maybe you'll get the signs back.
Here's police info:
bshiffler@easthartfordct.gov
Chief of Police
31 School Street
East Hartford CT 06108
(860) 528-4401
Reconnu CTNewsJunkie.com (Utilisateur inscrit)
Spoke with a Prospect Street resident Denise Douglas today. She tells me that some of the "no through truck" signage was removed and has been missing since Prospect was resurfaced some time ago. Now, trucks are using the street on a regular basis - rattling the windows of her home.
Douglas also said that although the number of children living on the Prospect has gone up and down over the years, there are quite a few children living there now like there was in 1983, when Keith Leon Wagar was killed after falling off his bike into the path of a truck. (See attached news clippings from the JI's archives).
Hopefully the town can restore the missing signage and at least keep through trucks off Prospect before yet another child is struck.
Granted, truck drivers are not the only problem and driver behavior probably is much, much worse now than it was in 1983. But Douglas brings up a good point. Why haven't the signs been restored? The town has an ordinance banning through truck traffic on the street. While police can't simply camp out on Prospect, the restoration of the signs certainly would help.
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Jon Searles (Utilisateur inscrit)
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Doug Hardy (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hi Denise & Jon,
Any word on new signage yet?