What Road in Naugatuck Needs a Speed Bump?

NAUGATUCK, CT - Over 9,000 fatalities occurred nationally during 2014 due to speeding according to the latest statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The data also shows a correlation between a driver’s age and the likelihood of a speed-related accident. As the age of a driver increases, their risk of being in an accident decreases. Men are also more likely to be at the wheel during a speeding accident, according to the study.

While the number of speed-related fatalities have continually decreased since 2005, speeding still remains an issue in many of our Patch communities, including Naugatuck. Readers suggested everything from increased police presence to more stop signs to building less housing to keep traffic at bay.

If you’re frustrated with speeders in a certain part of Naugatuck, you are in good company. We reached out to readers on Facebook, asking which local road they thought needed a speed bump. Here’s what your neighbors told us:

• "Maple Hill area."
• "All of them."
• "Meadow, the summer lunch program is at Salem and the NEON snack program is at St. Michael's. Kids are crossing back and forth between both and the cars are flying down that road all afternoon."
• "Spencer between the corner of Cherry and the two companies. People going to work in the morning and coming out in the evening think it is a drag race between the stop sign and the parking lot."
• "How about finishing all the construction first that is already slowing traffic and seeing cars go down one ways near South Main."
• "On new street between Maple and Svea."
• "The road at Breens Field. Too often people drive too fast on that road during baseball and soccer games."
• "Newhaven Road right by the light next to Citco."

See a street you don’t agree with, or is there a road missing from the list? Tell us on Facebook, and make sure to add the Naugatuck page to your favorites, so you don’t miss any of the latest news from Patch.

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