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[quote="Guest"]From the letters to the editor section of the Cranbury Press, Sept. 21st:

Help fight for lower speeds
Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:50 AM EDT
Phylissanne Stehn of Cranbury

To the editor:

I would like to thank Assemblyman Bill Baroni for helping us draw attention to the safety issue of Old Trenton Road in Cranbury. It took his help to get the issue addressed. Thanks to his help Middlesex County finally looked at the road and evaluated the speed, traffic, passing zones and safety.

My concern (along with many other residents) was and still is the speed limit of 50 mph and the passing zones. This is a heavily traveled road (cars and trucks) especially during the morning and evening rush hours. A speed limit of 50 mph is too fast for this residential road.

Adults and children ride their bikes, jog, cross and walk this road. There should be a double line designating a no-passing zone from Main Street until the bridge that connects us to East Windsor.

Interestingly, Cranbury has the highest speed limit on Old Trenton Road. It is 40 mph in East Windsor and 45 on the way to Mercer County Park. It is extremely frustrating to see a problem and know that common sense can address it, but when one has to navigate the bureaucratic path a simple issue gets complicated.
   After the county’s study, Mr. Baroni’s office once again stepped to the plate and reissued the safety concern. Thanks to their follow up the county has approved reducing the speed limit to 40 mph.

The next department that needs to approve this is the state Department of Transportation. I have been informed that Mr. Baroni has already contacted the DOT and supports the reduction of speed/safer passing zones.

I implore any resident of Cranbury that agrees with lowering the speed limit to increase resident safety to send a letter to: Kris Kolluri, commissioner, Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 600, Trenton, N.J. 08625-0600
   It is a matter of time before a pedestrian is injured using Old Trenton Road, even though we educate our children about the dangers they do not stand a chance with a dump truck going 50 mph. Please join my effort.[/quote]

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