Greenwich Seeks 25 MPH Speed Limit On Road At NY Border

GREENWICH, CT — In an effort to address speeding, Greenwich is seeking to establish a 25 mph speed limit on a road that crosses over into nearby Port Chester, N.Y.

The Board of Selectmen on Thursday unanimously approved a request from the Department of Public Works to implement the speed limit on Pilgrim Drive, which currently has no established limit on the Greenwich side.

"We received a request from a few residents over there that they'd like an established speed limit. They've seen speeding in the neighborhood, and so we did a review and looked at it. We feel a 25 mph speed limit is what we typically will do for residential roadways here in town," said Greenwich DPW Commissioner Jim Michel.

Greenwich will now take the request to the state for final review and approval.

Michel acknowledged there might be a "little hiccup" with the 25 mph request because Port Chester has a townwide speed limit of 30 mph, including on their portion of Pilgrim Drive.

"We're putting in the application as 25 with the hopes they approve that because that's general practice around town for these residential roads," Michel added. "They may push us back and say, 'We'd like 30 on this.'"

This was the first read of the request for the selectmen, who typically hold two readings before they vote on an agenda item.

Selectperson Janet Stone McGuigan said she wanted to forego the second read practice and grant approval on Thursday because the request dealt with a public safety issue.

"It shocks me we have roads that don't have speed limits," said McGuigan, who suggested the town reach out to Port Chester about changing their portion of Pilgrim Road to 25 mph to match Greenwich.

Both Michel and First Selectman Fred Camillo said they could ask, with Camillo noting that Port Chester is always willing to work with its neighbor.