Speeding vehicles are threatening the residents and their kids who use the roads to walk their dogs, ride their bikes or play. The problem was especially acute during the Christmas season with UPS & FedEX trucks racing through the neighborhood making deliveries. The problem can only be expected to grow as more delivery vehicles from Amazon and Publix start their home delivery services. The delivery services are incentivized to make deliveries as fast as possible. Driving slowly and responsibly does not fit their business models. It should not take a tragic accident to force some action to slow the traffic down.

I agree, we need better speed management in Villages of West End as well as better speed management on Newberry Rd. Some drivers are speeding 60 mph and more on Newberry Rd, while the posted 50 mph is already too fast for the level of development and congestion.

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It would be most useful to have the speed bump shortly before the second entrance into the Patio Homes at West End. This is a little over halfway from the entrance onto 124th Blvd., and it is the point where the cars are really picking up speed.

Thank you for contacting Alachua County Public Works. Currently, the county has an approved traffic calming policy designed to help provide speed tables for subdivisions on county-maintained roads with identified speeding issues. Speed tables must be formally requested via a petition or a letter from the HOA. The details of this process can be found at the following link: http://www.alachuacounty.us/depts/pw/engineering/transengineering/pages/transportationengineering.aspx
For more information, please contact Francisco Morales at Public Works (email: fmorales@alachuacounty.us; office: 352-548-1313).

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