Resident urges speed humps on High View Drive; board outlines data, petition steps

A lifelong resident told the Town of Wallkill board that drivers regularly travel “60 miles an hour” down High View Drive and urged immediate installation of speed humps to protect children and pedestrians.

“People aren't going down that hill 40, 50 m an hour. They're going down 60 miles an hour. ... My suggestion right now is that if we could get speed bumps along the way, and I hope that you consider that these could be installed because something is going to happen,” Arthur Doyle said during the public‑comment period. Doyle described multiple intersecting side streets, cyclists and children who use the neighborhood streets.

Board members described a multi‑step process before physical traffic calming is installed. The first step is deployment of a speed trailer to record speeds and volumes so staff can prepare a report; next would be targeted enforcement by the police chief; finally, permanent speed humps require a formal petition process. The supervisor said the petition requires signatures from everyone who lives on the road and adjacent streets.

The board encouraged Doyle to collect signatures and offered to provide the town’s published policy and guidance about speed‑hump criteria and the engineering requirements for installation. No final action was taken other than the commitment to place the speed trailer and begin data collection.