City works to prevent speeding, traffic violations on Shore Road, Glen Cove Avenue

Speeding on Shore Road was brought up as a discussion item at the City of Glen Cove Pre-Council meeting on Nov. 17.

City of Glen Cove Mayor Tim Tenke said he had a phone conference with members of the Shore Road Neighbors group about their concerns. Among them was speeding on Shore Road.

“Speeding is a problem throughout the city,” he said, “and I spoke with the Chief of Police [William] Whitton and I asked him to focus, if he can, and he said he would, on Shore Road to make sure we have compliance with not only speeding, but parking.”

Lora Cusumano of Shore Road Neighbors said that speeding along Shore Road has always been a concern among residents. In fact, she has noticed the same cars speeding at the same time every day, taking note of the type of car and the sound it makes. “They definitely think this is a race track,” she said.

The city did lower the speed limit to 25 miles per hour, but Cusumano said that is not enough. “We definitely need patrols and people getting ticketed for speeding,” she said, “because it’s very dangerous.”

Speeding along Shore Road creates dangerous conditions for residents in the area. “We are really worried that someone’s going to get ran over,” Cusumano said. “It’s also very difficult to get out of your driveway.”

Whitton said that the Glen Cove Police Department has run radar logs on that road. “There are isolated cases of people exceeding the speeding limit, however most of the traffic on that road way is traveling within the posted speed limit,” he said.

That being said, Whitton added, GCPD will be monitoring the roadway for speeding and other traffic violations like failing to stop at a stop sign.

Tenke said that making sure that parking and traffic laws are being abided by would help enhance the quality of life on Shore Road.

“Shore Road in particular happens to be a cut through,” Tenke said. “We want to be cognizant of the fact that there are people that do walk around there, walking their dogs. There’s children playing and we just want to make sure it’s safe for them.”

Drivers who speed should beware, Tenke said. “We are going to be focusing on that and other areas in Glen Cove,” he said. “Just be courteous to our fellow neighbors.”

Glen Cove Councilman John Perrone said that parking along the Shore Road corridor as well as onto Glen Cove Avenue has also become a problem.

“The people are parking right up to the egresses of the driveways and it’s causing a hazard as people are trying to leave the businesses on Shore Road and some of the driveways on Glen Cove Avenue,” Perrone said. “It was brought to our attention regarding overnight parking there, long time parking, violating that one hour or two hour rule that is posted.”

Perrone said he spoke to Whitton about it and he said the police department would look into it.

The councilman also suggested marking a 10-foot buffer where cars could not park next to each of the driveways along the road to help prevent a car pulling out of the driveways from getting clipped by oncoming traffic.

“There have been incidents and accidents on Glen Cove Avenue, especially with people leaving the Sunset House, the parking on that side across from Speedway,” Perrone said. “I personally witnessed an accident that occurred there, so I think it would be something worthwhile to look into.”

Councilman Gaitley Stevenson-Mathews suggested posting a speed radar sign on Shore Road.

“We’re hoping that if it’s actually enforced, where they do ticket people as they speed down the street, that maybe, in the future, they are not going to speed down Shore Road again,” Cusumano said. “There are many people that are repeat offenders.”