Rumble strips have been installed on Tyre Bridge Road in Patterson, but some residents there say it still isn’t enough to slow down motorists.
Patterson Mayor Dedi Thomas reviewed all of the work done recently in an effort to improve safety in the Tyre Bridge Road community.
Peak Pavement Marking, LLC of Columbus put down the rumble strips and striped the center lines, fog lines and stop lines on the road.
The City of Patterson paid Peak $15,813 for the work.
Residents Ala Mae Myles and Vanessa James, longtime advocates for the improvements, said more needs to be done.
Myles again repeated her call for speed bumps in Tyre Bridge Road.
“People speed through there and just run right over those strips. I don’t know what they are there for. They don’t slow anyone down.”
James agreed with Myles and said she had witnessed company trucks drive in the other lane to avoid the rumble strips.
Larger stop and “slow, children at play” signs were installed by the city.
The work was completed around the time the road reopened to traffic a couple of weeks ago. The road had been closed to thru-traffic for the past year due to the replacement of the 60 Foot Creek Bridge near the Edward “Bud” Newton Community Center.
The rumble strips, striping and new signage are all part of an effort to improve safety on the road.
For months, residents of the Tyre Bridge Road neighborhood have appeared before the Patterson City Council and have repeatedly expressed concerns about speeding and safety issues.
Strickland said his officers would begin patrolling for speeders and for those going around the rumble strips to issue citations to violators.
Rumble strips have been installed on Tyre Bridge Road in an effort to reduce speed in the community.
