N. Hempstead to Add 20 Radar-Activated Speed Signs to Town, Village Roads

The Town of North Hempstead is set to purchase 20 radar-activated speed signs that will be placed throughout the Town to enforce safe driving habits thanks to a $65,000 grant provided by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Officials are working to find locations in the Town and incorporated villages where the signs would be most useful.

“It is wonderful that we are able to equip even more areas in our Town with these speed signs to help remind drivers to slow down and to obey the speed limit,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a press release. “We hope these new radar activated speed signs will encourage drivers to practice safe driving habits.”

These electronic signs will show how fast a driver is traveling, making the driver aware if they are exceeding the speed limit.

Last year, the Town obtained a $100,000 grant that was used to purchase 29 speed signs and two trailers. This year’s grant hopes to continue the Town’s program from last year.

The 2015 grant provided speed signs to the following areas: East Hills, East Williston, Flower Hill, Great Neck, Great Neck Plaza, Lake Success, Manorhaven, Mineola, New Hyde Park, Port Washington North, Roslyn, Roslyn Harbor, Saddle Rock, Westbury and Williston Park.

“These signs achieve a single, important purpose; encouraging drivers to slow down,” Senator Jack Martins, who helped secure the grant, said. “Expanding this program by putting more of these signs on the streets will save lives and help reduce speeding throughout the Town of North Hempstead.”

For more information on this program, call 311 or 516-869-6311.

Image via TONH: Village of Saddle Rock Deputy Mayor Manny Alani, Village of Manorhaven Trustee Priscilla von Roeschlaub, Council Member Dina De Giorgio, Council Member Viviana Russell, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Village of Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, State Senator Jack Martins, Village of East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz, Council Member Peter Zuckerman, Village of Port Washington North Mayor Bob Weitzner, Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender, Lake Success Police Department Chief of Police Joseph Gardella, Lake Success Police Department Lieutenant Mark Staniszewski and Village of Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips with the radar-activated speed signs that were purchased with the previous grant