LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) – Long Beach will discuss lowering another speed limit on Tuesday, which would be the third speed limit to be lowered in a month.
This time, the city will discuss lowering the speed limit in the Castine Pointe subdivision from 25 miles per hour to 20.
The city will discuss lowering the speed limit in the subdivision from 25 miles per hour to 20.(WLOX)
Ward 6 Alderman Pete McGoey tells WLOX News that several residents reached out to him, worried about the safety of kids in the neighborhood with the current speed limit.
McGoey says the proposal isn’t about golf carts or tickets, but the safety of children in the subdivision.
WLOX News spoke to residents about what the changes would mean and what they would like to see changed in the subdivision.
“Lowering the speed limit to 20 would be good. You know, I’ve just noticed people are kind of flying through this neighborhood a lot, and there’s a lot of cars parked on the street, so sometimes it can be scary,” Brandon Beatty said, who has lived in the subdivision since 2019. “Sometimes it can be scary when people are driving by and, you know, you never know what your kids are gonna do, so I think moving it to 20 certainly wouldn’t hurt.”
“If there were police here, especially when school lets out, it’s really the young drivers that they’re in a hurry to get to where they want to get to, and they’re the ones who need to learn to slow down, and whatever they’re trying to get to, it’s not as important,” Kelly Sappington said, who has lived in the subdivision since 2018.
The Long Beach Board of Aldermen will meet at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall.
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