ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in St. Petersburg\u2019s Snell Isle community are asking the city to address speeding concerns on Snell Isle Boulevard, where residents say the straight roadway carries heavy traffic and creates safety concerns for people who live there.<\/p>\n
Snell Isle resident Keisha Bresica said she is worried about drivers speeding past her home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t even pull out of my driveway without worrying,\u201d Bresica said, adding she has even been putting up her own signs in an effort to get drivers to slow down. \u201cI\u2019ve been constantly purchasing \u2018slow down\u2019 signs and placing them everywhere I can,\u201d Bresica said. \u201cAnd then as they go down, I\u2019ll buy more. I\u2019ll keep doing it if it helps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bresica said she believes Snell Isle Boulevard has become busier because of nearby construction and drivers using the road to reach other neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they like to make this turn onto Snell Isle\u00a0Boulevard and shoot off,\u201d Bresica said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what you see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stephen Smith, vice president of the Snell Isle HOA, said speeding is the top complaint he receives from residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople think this is a speedway,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt goes out to Shore Acres and Venetian Isles. There\u2019s a lot of traffic that goes through here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city of St. Petersburg told Bresica that Snell Isle Boulevard carries nearly 8,000 vehicles per day, so speed bumps would not work with that level of traffic volume.<\/p>\n
Bresica said the city also told her that new radar speed signs would be added, but those signs have not been installed yet.<\/p>\n
City officials said that they are aware of the speeding concerns on Snell Isle Boulevard. The city is currently finalizing two traffic studies in the area.<\/p>\n
As for the radar speed signs, the city said it is still working with utilities to get them installed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really is about action,\u201d Bresica said. \u201cWe really need some help here, because I am worried about the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in St. Petersburg\u2019s Snell Isle community are asking the city to address speeding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2178,2179,2200,115,596,277,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,7227,729,2032,835],"class_list":["post-323674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-app-traffic-inbox","tag-inbox","tag-instagram-bn9","tag-news","tag-pinellas-county","tag-public-safety","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa","tag-tim-wronka","tag-traffic","tag-trending-topics","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}