New City Neigborhood Puts the Brakes on Speeding Traffic

Take a ride through the luxury Camelot homes in New City and you'll see lots of big homes on well-manicured streets with names like Lady Godiva Way and King Arthur Court.

You'll also seek a lot of people in a hurry - barely braking at "Stop" signs as they zig-zag their way from one end of Camelot at Congers Road to the other end at Route 304. The high-priced neigbhorhood has become a local short-cut - to the dismay of residents in the area.

After woking with Clarkstown town officials for several years, residents of the neighborhood are pleased that town highway workers this morning are scheduled to start installing a series of "traffic calming" devices to slow traffic down. Town Highways Superintendent Wayne Ballard said the town is spending about $10,000 to install a series of rubber "speed cushions" at 10 spots on Lady Godiva Way, King Arthur Court and East Cavalary Drive.

Residents could see the preliminary work necessary for the project in recent days as utility workers marked out spots where they have their lines, so highway workers could avoid the lines as they install the speed cushions.

The town is expecting the installations to be completed by Sept. 10. Ballard said the community's developer, Price Construction LL, has also agreed to install traffic islands at the entrances to Camelot to further control traffic. Ballard said the developer is paying for the traffic islands, which he expects will also be installed by Sept. 10.