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I have been daily driving a lowered car for around four years. Nothing crazy, not completely slammed to the ground, 100% street legal. The set of speed bumps on Homestead is the FIRST time I have EVER almost gotten stuck on something while driving, and I drive a LOT. The only reason I even feel like I should comment on this, is that my COMPLETELY LEGAL CAR almost getting beached on these means there's no way they meet whatever legal height requirements are in place for this sort of stuff. My poor little car dragged its' underside across these things like a seal against dry land. I completely understand wanting to control unsafe speeds down tight roads, however these speed bumps in particular are just ridiculous; Way too aggressive for the effect they were meant to have.
Nikita supported: Remove Speed Bumps on Homestead & Walnut in Walnut Creek, CAI live on Homestead Avenue and have spoke to Matt Redmond several times since the installation of the speed bumps. This includes 3 emails, one in March, one in April, and one in May.
As I understand this was a trial installation, I believe you need to hear from a resident that lives directly next to one of the bumps. It is located outside my bedroom window and for 8 months now, we have been victimized with unnerving noise pollution. I know the planning commission went to great lengths to “study” the effects but noise was not considered or included in these studies as to my knowledge and discussions with Matt. Cars tend to slow down and then REV up after they have passed a bump. The number of trucks on Homestead is excessive to begin with but having them shake and rattle over the bumps is beyond unbearable. Amazon deliveries happen at all hours of the night so our sleep has been fleeting to say the least! I have lived here 28 years, so I am used to normal Homestead traffic noise but these speed bumps have contributed to intolerable levels of noise. I am sure you can understand that the residents on Homestead don’t need any additional noise to add to the already busy and overactive street!
Also, as a side note, I was never notified of these being installed…Not by a visit or an email….not sure how that gets approved without residents consent especially if it is going in right in front of our property. As I stated above I have lived here for 28 years and feel we deserve to have the speed bumps removed so we can get back to some sort of calm.
I know the city refers to them as “cushions” but there is nothing soft about them. Also, if anyone spent any length of time observing instead of putting an electronic monitor on the bumps…you would witness a population of the cars swerve around the bumps to avoid them…and this can’t be safe either…
I believe the city’s intentions were in the right place to mitigate traffic on Homestead, but I can, and sincerely hope the city can, emphatically conclude this is not the appropriate solution.
I invite everyone involved in the decision to spend a night on Homestead…I can guarantee you would understand the aggravation and agree to remove the speed bumps. If these were on your own streets….could you sleep at night??? I ask that you put yourselves in our helpless shoes and do the right thing and remove the bumps.
Shannon supported: Remove Speed Bumps on Homestead & Walnut in Walnut Creek, CAI live in Walnut Heights, and these speed bumps have made Walnut Blvd far more dangerous than it was without speed bumps. They cause cars to accelerate and decelerate unpredictably, and are not possible to drive over at 25 mph without causing alignment damage. For better or for worse Walnut Blvd is the only way to reach Ignacio for a large portion of the neighborhood, and if speeding is a problem there are better ways to enforce it (such as writing tickets).
Eric supported: Remove Speed Bumps on Homestead & Walnut in Walnut Creek, CAWe have lost numerous pets to our road because at night every night there are racers that see how fast they can go before the curve. That straight away is where the reach top speeds. My father begged for this before he passed because he and my son had to clear the road for a 99mph Motorcycle rider. We are out of city limits so there are no police. Please consider this very small favor. It could save several lives.
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