Operation Safe Streets (September 2007)

Operation Safe Streets Two years ago, Trustee Daria Hoffman began our “Operation Safe Streets” with the cooperation of the Port Washington Police Department. Improvement to road surfaces and handicap ramps, additional stop signs and curve warning signs throughout our Village are already making our streets safer for our residents.

Now we have added portable speed detection devices to help reduce speed in the Village to promote greater safety. The devices alert motorists who go above the road speed limit, which for most roads in Port North is 25 MPH. It flashes when you exceed the speed limit in an effort to slow you down. These devices are portable. and can be moved when the need arises. Data including the number and speed of cars, is being retrieved by Port North resident Steve Kaplan, which will help direct further calming measures including additional police presence and enforcement. The devices however, do not take pictures and are not used to issue summonses.

(Printed in the September 2007 Newsletter)