Speed Humps Built On Long Wharf Raceway

Congratulations to all the residents who kept pressing on these issues and demanding action.
And big thanks to Mayor Elicker and Giovanni Zinn for taking action. You know this will save lives, as well as improve the quality of life for residents who are stressed and fatigued from the constant noise.
I can only hope we see more action like this.
Can't the NH delegation expedite State approvals where needed???

About damned time!
Now how about speed humps and raised crosswalk platforms with more crosswalks and crossing lights at more intersections on Route 80 and Ella Grasso Boulevard, Whalley Ave, Dixwell Ave and Whitney Ave? There aren't nearly enough safe crosswalks on Route 80 or Ella Grasso to accommodate pedestrians and that's part of the raceway mentality those streets lend themselves to. Also crosswalk lights need to be extended to accommodate children, seniors and disabled pedestrians who may need more time to cross safely than the current standard crossing times.
Mayor Elicker, please work with the State to stop allowing these state controlled roads to be used as raceways in the city. These streets have high accident rates between pedestrians, bikes and vehicles. They are used by drag racers, ATVs, motorbikes and other motorized toys to terrorize the neighborhoods. Also commuters treat them like mini highways whose only purpose is to race to beat the lights in their rush to get downtown without having to wait for cross traffic or pedestrians crossing. If the city coordinated and timed the lights on the major commuting arteries in and out of downtown, you could reduce idling and asthma rates, and enforce 20mph speed rates by insuring that if you kept driving at that speed you would catch most of, if not all the green lights going in and out of downtown. The cross streets to those main arteries could be coordinated to compliment the timing of the main streets. Making these changes would make the city a more walkable and bicycle friendly and safer place to live and enjoy.

People in the East Shore were just told by Mayor Elicker that each speed bump costs $5,000 to install. What the heck are they made out of to cost so much?? And please--- no one EVER call them speed HUMPS. I hate that word.. Bump is much nicer.
Can someone verify that this is the cost and explain why it so costly???

New Haven IS one big SPEED BUMP !!! THEY WILL JUST GO SOME PLACE ELSE , WASTE OF MONEY

$5,000 is probably the low bid - its cheap. This work is prevailing wage, usually the union rate, and each person out there is probably making $30/hr if you include the benefits. Probably 4-5 laborers, a couple of equipment operators, a few truck drivers, a supervisor, and they have to pay NH for police officers to control traffic. Each hump is probably a days work. Have to pay for equipment costs, the asphalt material, a subcontractor to paint the crosswalks, some one to install and buy the signs warning about the hump, and some profit for the companies (in this case it doesn't sound like it will be much).
About the same as it would cost to pave an average driveway and here they have to use union wage rates, the more expensive asphalt, have traffic control, paint, and put up signs.

This is an example of how blatantly the Board of Alders, Mayor Harp, and Doug Hausladen have failed city residents. Here we have a common sense solution that was ignored for a decade while the Board of Alders were busy passing meaningless resolutions and Doug Hausladen was busy playing monopoly with the Alchemy nightclub lease, rolling out a failed bike share program, and promoting a dangerous electronic scooter proposal.

Good Work! Please also have the owners of the parking lots to post 'PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY' and 'NO TRESPASSING' signs so that when the spectators gather for their pre-race unpermitted 'car and truck shows' and drifting spectacle, they can be made to disperse immediately by NHPD who need to have designated patrol for the Route 8, Long Wharf, Boulevard corridor.

@DennisSerf
Should Mr Hausladen be retained, he should be paid via parking meter.
That was,and remains,his ultimate contribution to high society in New Haven.
"Out of downtown, beggars !!
We promise to send you coins in the mail..........."
Some cold-hearted hummus from a "leader".
Disrupt the drag racers permanently.
Who'd have thought ?

Depending on WHERE they are placing these speed bumps, they may be useless. I haven't seen them yet.

Yesterday while leaving Cody's Diner on Water Street about 4:40 PM, I saw SEVERAL of those show offs that gather by the hundreds/thousands in the Sports Haven parking lot corner on Water and East St. They came from the street behind Sports Haven, turned left towards Cody's and then turned right at the traffic light that comes out by Tre Scalini. God only knows where they gathered last night since they are too large to handle and know they can perform their antics and traffic jams unhindered by any law enforcement. Maybe the National Guard could help?