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Turkey Hollow Road travelers can still drive 55
Originally Posted Online: Nov. 02, 2009, 8:46 pm
Last Updated: Nov. 02, 2009, 9:18 pm
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By Brandy Donaldson, bdonaldson@qconline.com
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ROCK ISLAND — The speed limit on the city's portion of Turkey Hollow Road will remain 55 mph. Resident Tony Hodge had asked the council to lower the speed to 40 mph between 92nd Avenue and Andalusia Road. On Monday, however, he took that decision out of the city council's hands by withdrawing his petition and seeking more speed limit enforcement. "It's obvious we have a speeding problem," he said. "I've lived there four years, and in those four years I've never seen a Rock Island squad car out there, let alone a squad car clocking speed. I think if they would show up every now and again, there would be some (reduction of speed)." Turkey Hollow Road is divided by 92nd Avenue, with part of it in unincorporated Rock Island County and the rest in Rock Island. The speed limit is 40 mph on the county's portion of the roadway. The road is in the 2nd Ward represented by Ald. David Conroy, who on Monday assured Mr. Hodge he would "do everything within his power" to increase speed limit enforcement in that area. "I found that changing the speed limit on this road would turn a lot of people into speeders who are not speeding through there right now,"Ald. Conroy said. "To go 40 on this road is almost impossible." Tom Hisey of Edgington, who started a petition to maintain the 55 speed limit, said he was pleased with Mr. Hodge's decision and the promise of more enforcement. Aldermen also deferred until Nov. 16 a decision on eliminating weekend parking restrictions on 2nd Avenue between 17th and 18th streets in The District. Last month, the council approved an extra hour of night-time parking in that area. Ald. Conroy, who suggested eliminating all weekend restrictions, also suggested the delay because Ald. P.J. Foley, 3rd Ward, was not present. As proposed by Ald. Conroy, restricted parking hours of parking will remain 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and vehicles parked illegally, abandoned or blocking a fire hydrant would still be ticketed or towed. Renaissance Rock Island and the city's Traffic Engineering Committee originally requested an extra hour of parking on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The District Board has asked aldermen to follow that suggestion. "The District believes this proposal is in the best interest of the downtown because the Great River Plaza, which includes this part of 2nd Avenue, is a unique attribute to the city and retaining the ability to close the street during the late-night hours is an important distinction for Rock Island," District board members wrote to aldermen. 
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