ST. LOUIS – Trailnet and Beyond Housing held a traffic-calming event in the city of Wellston Friday in hopes of preventing speeding, car crashes and pedestrian fatalities.
“This project is part of a broader Department of Justice grant. They were doing some research about safety concerns in the City of Wellston, and it came to the surface that a large area of concern is traffic violence and speeding cars and reckless drivers. TrailNet was brought on to this project to help curb the negative impact of reckless driving,” Bryce Monoser, TrailNet community planning manager, said.
The organizations created temporary models of different traffic calming measures to see if this would reduce speeding at the intersection of Plymouth and Stephen Jones Avenues. The Wellston City Council believes this is needed due to complaints.
“We have a lot of constituents come in and say, ‘Hey, listen, they are zipping up and down my block,’ right? And there’s kids on the block,” Alderman Terrance Robinson (Ward 6) said. “We have to be a little bit more active as a council to get it done but more or less, this is a good start for us.”
Speeding is the main issue and residents say they are concerned for the kids in the neighborhood.
“I definitely think this is a good initiative cause, safety first. Like I said, it’s about to be spring and summer. The children are going to be out here so that’s the main concern for me,” Shawn Smith, resident, said.
Residents are glad to see the city taking initiative on the issue of speeding. Trailnet stated the project will take two months to determine results.
Beyond Housing and Trailnet will then use the results from this project to create a street improvement plan for the city of Wellston by September. The two organizations hope the city council will adopt and approve the plan to ensure the safety of the community.
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