Speed Humps Come to Providence’s East Side
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Speed Humps Come to Providence’s East Side
Two weeks after GoLocal reported that Providence is “turning into speed hump city,” the traffic-calming measures have cropped up on Rochambeau Avenue.
There are several sets on the steep hill between North Main and Camp Streets; there are additional sets between Camp and Hope Streets.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe city had already previously deployed “traffic calming” measures on Rochambeau which included extended sidewalks at intersections to narrow the road.
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As GoLocal wrote in April:
A number of streets in Providence now have new “speed humps” — as the city continues to utilize the tool to address speeding and safety.
While speed bumps have been utilized in neighborhoods such as South Providence for years, they are now cropping up in other sections of the city.
Academy Avenue and River Avenue have seen the speed calming measures recently introduced; on Sunbury Street, which runs parallel to Douglas Avenue, signs stating “speed humps” can be seen on every block, as the city prepares to place them there.
Additional streets across Providence — including Fruit Hill Avenue and Home Avenue in the Elmhurst section of the city, which has seen the majority in this latest installment — are getting the anti-speeding measures.
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza explained that the installation of the “humps” is part of the city’s “Great Streets” plan.