Do You Need Speed Humps in Your Neighborhood?

Although many have come forward with speeding concerns, Gulfport Police Chief Robert Vincent says you may be surprised by the numbers.

Although the Gulfport City Council adopted a Traffic Calming Program in January, Police Chief Robert Vincent says based on about two dozen traffic surveys his department has conducted since 2010, very few streets would actually benefit from such a measure. Of those streets targeted, Seventh Ave South between Gulfport and St. Pete has been the only one to warrant a traffic calming construction project, the chief says. "Seventh Avenue has the volume of vehicles and the speed to warrant speed humps," Vincent said. Vincent says for years residents have shared concerns about speeding in residential neighborhoods. Until January, Gulfport Police didn't have a process in place that would allow residents the opportunity to request a traffic …

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Is Speeding a Problem in Gulfport?

Does Gulfport need to address speeding in residential neighborhoods? Tell city leaders what you think at the Council Workshop on Thursday.

Neighbors on 7th Ave S. have spent years telling city leaders about excessive speeding on their block. Carolyn Huffer says she routinely sees drivers accelerate up to 40 and 50 mph between 58th St. S. and 64th St. S. "65 to 75 percent of the cars are through traffic," Huffer told Patch in a previous story. Huffer, joined with four neighbors from 7th Ave S. pleaded for help during the Oct. 16 Tuesday night City Council Meeting. It wasn't the first time Huffer asked for action. Although she lives on the St. Pete side of the street, she's been fighting for a solution for the past five years, even addressing previous Gulfport councilors. Since then, she says the city has decreased the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph and added small reflectors on…

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CJ

2:58 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

Hard to believe you disagree there's no drug houses in the area. I was being candid, but frankly that's naive. They may not be the cause of the speeding problems this article was mainly referring to...but then again, they certainly are a source of plenty of dangerous traffic issues that include and go beyond speeding. You are right, though, about those locations you mentioned. When I first moved …   more ›