Slow ride, take it easy

The Hillsborough town board Monday will consider, among other things, a speed limit reduction in several residential streets in the Historic District. The changes would bring the speed limit from 35 mph to 25 or 20 mph.

The following streets would be affected:
• Caine Street, from Union Street to St. Mary’s Road
• Mitchell Street, from Corbin Street to Queen Street
• Cameron Street, from Corbin Street to King Street
• East Corbin Street, from Churton Street to the end of the town limit
• East Tryon Street, from Churton Street to St. Mary’s Road

The impetus for this move is that the Historic District Commission heard from residents in the St. Mary's Road area who said that drivers speed through the area as a cut-through to Cameron Park Elementary and county offices downtown. Additional roads were added to the list by town staff and the police department.

The TOTAL cost for all new signs would be about $500, the town estimates.

Would this affect your in-town travel at all? I find that, at least while traveling south on Churton Street, I don't even need the gas pedal to cruise along at 30 mph.