Borough Closely Tracking Car Speeds on Certain Roads

The borough has stepped up its tracking of speeders on roads notorious for being conducive to fast driving.

Council President James Collander, who is on the borough's traffic and safety committee, said the police department has been making an effort "to try to impose more safety in terms of enforcement (and) devoting more man hours to it."

It has placed radar units on roads that run in and out of town. People have a tendency to speed more readily on those roads than on others.

Those roads include Highland Avenue, Passaic Avenue, Kings Road, Fairmount Avenue and Woodland Road.

The borough puts the radar out from time to time. The data is stored in a virtual library, which helps the police department track which roads need to be monitored more closely.

"That helps the police department target where they want to step up their enforcement," Collander said.

The public also helps inform the police which roads need the radar.

Council members have said at meetings that revenue from speeding tickets has gone down recently. They also said the police department has been stretched thin and is not always able to aggressively pursue speeders.

Collander said the borough is also attempting to pursue other options to discourage people from driving too fast through the municipality.

It will soon restripe Kings Road in an effort to get people to pay closer attention to the speed limit there.