As Speeding Worsens, Norristown Reminds Residents Speed Bumps Can Be Placed On Every Street

NORRISTOWN, PA — Norristown is reminding residents that they have the ability to petition officials to add speed bumps on "every street" in the municipality due to the ongoing danger from extreme speeding, officials said this week.

The policy is not new: municipal council approved the motion in 2022, which requires officials to consider any block across the municipality for speed humps if 75 percent of property owners on the block sign a petition.

"A review process of the site will commence and the police chief will help determine whether a speed hump will be appropriate for the petitioned block or not," the municipality says. "After receiving public input on a proposed safety plan, the affected property owners must vote to approve the final plan with a 75 percent majority."

Norristown is not the only local municipality taking action that might have been considered extreme a few years ago. Conshohocken, which has a borough-wide 25 mile per hour speed limit, just ran a traffic enforcement blitz and issued a barrage of citations for drivers who were way over the limit. Speeding was seen everywhere, but it was particularly noticeable in school zones, police said, which have a lower speed limit of 15 miles per hour during morning arrival and afternoon departure hours.

Nearby Montgomery Township also approved a controversial "squiggly" traffic lined road to slow down egregious speeders, though they later said they would remove the lines after complaints.