Jay in Newport News

Why was the speed limit reduced on Ft. Eustis Blvd? Yes, I am aware that someone had an accident when they fell asleep a few weeks ago and crashed through the barricade and fell to their death in the reservoir. It's unfortunate and sad. However, making this long isolated road that is nowhere near any residential or school areas have a lower speed limit is pointless. If you fall asleep at the wheel and drift off the road in this location, your going to go through the barricades no matter how fast or slow you are going. This is equivalent to reducing the speed limit in an area because there are lots of DUI drivers caught in the area. A DUI driver is already breaking the law to begin with by driving, so why would they bother to follow a speed limit? What happened here a few weeks ago was a genuine accident. Return the speed limit to 45Mph and stop it with these silly "Feel Good" political actions that accomplish nothing. Or maybe the police wanted a new speedtrap area and the accident was the perfect excuse to drop the speed limit? If you seriously want to do something to prevent people from falling off the bridge to their death, then arrange to have a more substantial solid concrete barrier installed, instead of the small metal and pipe style one. Thank you!

Could stormwater / public works please look into the issues with the storm drains at the intersection of Harbor Road & Terminal Avenue? Anytime it rains the roadway floods in this location, and cars have to drive on the wrong side of the road to avoid the deep water. When we have severe weather such as a nor'easter or hurricane this location can get a foot deep in water or more.
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Almost every day during rush hour, there is a NNPD officer running radar near the exit 5 on ramp, on I664 northbound (heading towards Hampton). With all the gang activity, shootings, drugs and other bad things in the immediate area of Newport News, this officer needs to get off the interstate, let the State Troopers do their job, and do some patrolling. If this officer is too scared to patrol this area, then he/she needs to be fired or re-assigned a "nice safe" desk job. They accepted employment in the department to serve and protect us, not protect the interstate and tread on the VSP's primary patrol area. With more officer's in NNPD being let go and the force becoming smaller, we need all of our officers, especially our South Precinct officers, patrolling and protecting us. A car speeding on the interstate is not a direct threat to the residents of Newport News. The people doing a drug deal or gang initiation under the freeway overpass directly under the officer running radar are!