Neighbors call for speed cameras after multiple cars totaled
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OF THEIR PARKED CARS GETTINGTOTALED.
THEY LIVE NEAR THECOUNTY LINE ON FREDERICKAVENUE IN WEST BALTIMORE.
ANDTHEY WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUTPEOPLE SPEEDING THROUGH.
WMAR2NEWSTHEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ANDGOT ANSWERS FROM THEDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.Thereon the 5500 block of FrederickAvenue.
Monica HeinleinBaltimore resident14:16:42-14;26:52“A car wasspeeding at high speedssmashed into her car whichthan smashed into mine we bothgot pushed up on the curb bothcars were totaled” A driverslammed into Keisha Bennett'sparked car while she wasmowing the law.
Keisha BennettBaltimore resident14:25:57-14:26:06“He pushedmy car and he actually totaledit.
If the telephone polewasnhave ran me over and mydaughter was in the yardplaying” At least 4 parkedcars hit in the last year justin this block of FrederiAve.
Monica Heinlein is sickof the speed so shes doingsomething about it.14:17:30-14:17:48“InSeptember of 2019 I submitteda 3-1-1 request for a trafficstudy to be done by the city.I followed up with my citycouncilmanhow long it would take.
DOTtold them it would take hisstaff up to six months tocomplete” A spokesperson forBaltimore City Department ofTransportation said they arecompiling results fromstudy.
They also pointed outchanges to traffic control, onstreet parking, or theaddition of a speed camerawould require a communitymeeting with a 30 day publiccomment period.
But they saythe pandemic has impactedoperations and delayed trafficstudies.
14:20:20-14:20:33“They have this space now so Ithink drivers think they canjust use that to pass eachother.
Itsituation.
People walk withtheir children on thissidewalk they ride bikes and Ifear somebody is going to bekilled” In the meantimeneighbors who usually have oneparking pad per household toavoid parking on the streethave to hope they donout to a view like this again.In Baltimore Eddie KadhimWMAR2 News.A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT INBALTIMORE COUNTY SENT A