We’re getting answers to some of the questions that we didn’t have time to ask at our Davis Ford and Yates Ford roads Traffic Think Tank on Oct. 19.
Today’s question:
“People shortcut through other roads to get through some of the Yates Ford Road traffic. I live on Signal Hill Road and there is a lot of traffic in the morning speeding down our small, residential road. Is there anything that can be done to reduce this traffic and/or speeding?”
Prince William County Police Department Central District Commander Capt. James L. Carr replied:
Carr
“There are certain things that we do with our motorcycle traffic unit…yes we enforce all type of traffic calming measures like for example we put our speed indicator side out there and that will show people hey we’re out there looking at your traffic. And it also has a deterring effect.”Hey I better not go down this road because I know that the motorcycle guys are out there and I could get a ticket.”
What a speed indicator sign and how does it work?
“A speed indicator sign is, say for example the speed limit will just is 25 mph on a roadway. We set our speed indicator up to show the person coming through that area, it’ll flash with their speed is. If you’re at 25, it’ll show you’re at 25. Then it will give you a different indicator like a white flash if you’re going above the speed limit. This device will also flash red if you’re way above the speed limit and it will show you what your speed is.
Also this device records whether or not you take action based on the signals showing you that you’re speeding and we have seen, based on our data, that once an individual knows ‘hey…you’re driving above the speed limit,’ it shows us a percentage or reduction of their speed after the indicator shows that they’re speeding.”
The police need to know there is a speeding problem on your street.
“All we need is for the citizen to tell us hey at this particular time of the day especially on this day I see speeding whatever it is, and we go out there, and we enforce the traffic laws.”
Prince William County’s Board of Supervisors easily approved the fiscal year 2025 budget with a few changes on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, to take effect on July 1.
School officials in Prince William County say Antisemitic symbols were found painted on the side of Coles Elementary and Benton Middle schools near Woodbridge.
On April 22, 2024, at approximately 2:16 a.m., the Manassas City Police Department responded to a 911 call for shots fired in the 9100 block of Winterset Drive.
To celebrate Air Quality Awareness Week (May 6-10, 2024), Clean Air Partners is working with A Few Cool Hardware Stores to exchange DC, Maryland and Virginia residents’ gas-powered lawnmowers, trimmers, and leaf blowers at select Ace Hardware locations in the region. DMV residents who turn in their gas-powered lawn tools will receive a FREE Ego Power+ replacement including batteries and chargers, while supplies last.
Compared to gas, electric lawn equipment can reduce emissions, noise pollution, health risks and maintenance costs and time. The program aims to remove about a hundred gas-powered polluting tools from yards in the greater Baltimore-Washington region.
The exchanges will take place the weekends of May 17-19, 2024, and May 31-June 2, 2024, at A Few Cool Hardware Stores network of employee-owned Ace Hardware stores in the DC and Baltimore metro areas. To participate and get your free Ego Power+ lawn tool, sign up at https://qrco.de/CAPExchange to reserve your tool and select your trade-in date and location.
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Welcoming Spring with music from the Emerald Isle, the New Dominion Choraliers offer a FREE concert on Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Presbyterian Church of Dale City.
The New Dominion Choraliers of Prince William County and McGrath Morgan Academy of Irish Dance invite you to join them at our Ceili, a grand celebration of Irish music and dance.
A gathering of performance groups throughout Prince William County
