Written by City services have been extended to Renton’s newest residents of Benson hill this week. City road crews report that they have already picked up 6 tons of trash along road ways, and police officers note they are starting to deal with local enforcement problems.
In one highly visible move, officers have been issuing many, many warnings, and a few citations, to speeders on Benson Highway who need to SLOW DOWN when they get inside of Renton City limits. the police chief reports that the first day on the job, police stopped dozens of speeders on this road to let them know that speed enforcement was going to be taken seriously. In kindness however, they only issued citations to the four worst offenders of the day, all of whom were speeding more than 25 miles per hour over the posted speed. And three of the four cited speeders did not live in the new boundaries of Renton.
Considering we had a speed-related fatality in December in this area, 25 MPH over the limit is just plain reckless.
In coming weeks, lesser violations will switch from warnings to citations…so please slow down. Remember, the police are trying to keep us all safe.
speed limits on Benson
I’m so grateful they are enforcing the speed limit. I was just on the Benson “highway” a little over an hour ago and it’s scary how people drive over there. It seems too fast, many times, the speed limit, and I have to keep speeding up to keep up with the traffic. That said, yes, I admit I have times when I’m in a hell bent fury to get somewhere so I do understand. But even then I’m always reminding myself to slow down, be aware, drive responsibly every 5 minutes or so.
Jennifer in Renton
Hurray for annexation not only does it help our environment it save lives as well. And I can only see our Cities police being able to help keep the streets safe. So bring in more areas. This article is proof that anexation is wonderful.