People who live along Indian River Drive in St.
Lucie County said they believe they're seeing safety improvements.
The road had a troubling past with speeding, reckless drivers, and deadly crashes.
People who live along Indian River Drive in St.
Lucie County said they believe they're seeing safety improvements.
The road had a troubling past with speeding, reckless drivers, and deadly crashes.
THEY'RE SEEING SAFYETIMPROVEMENTS.
THE ROAD HAD ATROUBLING PAST WITH SPEEDING,RECKLESS DRIVERS, AND DEADLYCRASHES.
AS W-P-T-VWSNECHANNEL FIVE'S MEGHANMC-ROBERTS REPORTS, THE COUNTYISN'T FINISHED WITH THE SATYFECAMPAIGN.INDIAN RIVER DRIVE- ST.
LUCIECOUNTYSLOWLY BECOMING LESS OF AHEADACHE- FOR DRIVERS WHO ALSOCALL THIS ROAD- THEIR HOME.JACKIE FITZPATRICK THINKS ALOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITHAWARENESS&“THE MORE WE LKTAABOUT IT, THE MORE PEOPLEBECOME AWARE OF THE FACT THATIT IS AN ISSUE AND THAT A LOTOF BAD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED ONTHIS ROAD” BUT ALSO- SHEFEELS THE AREA IS SLOWLYSEEING SOME IMPACTS- FROMINVESTMENTS IN SAFETY.
ST.LUCIE COUNTY SPOKEMAN ERICKGILL SAYS THREE WAY STOP SIGNSNOW AT THREE INTERSECTIO-NSCOULD BE HELPING SLOW DOWNSPEEDERS.“ULTIMATELY IT DOESCREATE THOSE PNTOIS TO GETDRIVERS TO SLODOW WN AT THOSEINTERSECTIONS” GILL ALSO SSAYTHERE ARE NO LONGER ANYPASSING LANES- WITH COMPLETEDYELLOW DOUBLE STRIPING- ANDPLANS TO ADD MORE GNSISWARNING DRIVERS OF TIRHESPEED.
THE COUNTY- DECIDED NOTTO ADD RUMBLE STRIPS DESPITETHAT BEING AN OPTION IN THEORIGINAL PLANS OUT HE-ERNEIGHBORS DIDNWITH THE NOISE.“OBVISLOUYPEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE DRIVEUSE IT THE MOST SO WE WANT TOMAKE SE URWHATEVER SOLUTIONSWE PUT IN, THAT THEYAGREEMENT WITH IT” BUT MOREIDEAS- WILL BE ADDRESSED IN ATOWN HALL WEDNESDAY NIT.GHFITZPATRICK HOPES TO DISCUSSKEEPING W LAENFORCEMENT OUTHERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.“WEDEFINITELY SEE THE MOSTIMPROVEMENT WHENAW LENFORCEMENT SHOWS A PRESENCE,FOR SURE” THE ST.
LIEUCCOUNTY SHERIFFLIGHT OF SAFETY CONCERNS ONTHE DRIVE- SAYS IN THE LASTYEAR- IT HAS WRITTEN 155CITATIONS GIVEN 250 WRITTEN ORVERBAL WARNINGS- AND COMMITEDTO00 1 RADAR DETAILS.
THEYDEVOTING ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5HOURS PER WEEK ON AVERE ONAGKEEPING BOTH MARKED ANDUNMARKED DEPUTIES ON PATROL.IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS- EYTHSAY THEY'VE ALSO SEEANDRAMATIC DECLINE IN DRIVSERBREAKING THE LAW.
NATSFITZPATRICK MIGHT ALSO ASKABOUT ROUND ABOUTS IN FRONOFTPUBLIC PIECES OF PROPERTY-KNOWING IT MIGHT NOT FAVOREDBYSOME RESIDENTS- BUT SHEGLAD THE CONVERSATION ABTOUSAFETY- IS STILL- A COUNTYPRIOTYRI.
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St. Lucie County residents want to see more safety improvements along Indian River Drive.