Comment: Officials More Open on Traffic Danger, More Needs Doing

Several dozen people turned out for an Aug. 15 meeting on speeding and other traffic issues in Kensington organized by Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia and the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District. Our Comment of the Week was posted by reader Rodney Paul on our Aug. 16 article about the meeting, "":

I was at the meeting, and it seems to me that the County is now more open to solutions such as speed humps than they were in the past. Jerry Fahy said the onus is on the neighborhood to reach a broad agreement on whether to implement this. This is a more open stance than what we were told in the past.

I felt Sup. John Gioia, Chief Greg Harman and Mr. Fahy did a good job of listening to our concerns and committed themselves to further steps to improve traffic safety.

As a resident of the Colusa Circle area, I believe traffic compliance has improved but more should be done. People should be able to send their kids to the Colusa Circle without having to worry about their safety in our pedestrian crosswalks.

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