Radar devices to be installed on Norquest; other streets under review

AUSTINTOWN

Mark Roberts began attending township meetings a few weeks ago on behalf of his street, Norquest Boulevard, and issues with speeding there.

Chief Robert Gavalier said it’s one of several roads police get calls about for speeders, and the department recently filed for a grant for at least one radar trailer.

That was good news to Roberts.

“We can’t get out of our driveways anymore because there are cars going down the road at 70 miles per hour,” he pleaded to trustees at a September meeting.

Gavalier said officials had applied for grants to get radar trailers before. The department is now trying out one, which will be purchased if they like it, on top of the one applied for through a grant.

The grant was submitted through the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, and departments can request up to $20,000 in equipment per grant year. The new radar machine is valued at $6,300, Gavalier said.

“This is just going to make people more aware that they are speeding on that street and hopefully make them more aware and slow down,” Gavalier said.

Other streets that generate speeding complaints are Innwood Drive, South Warwick Drive, Willow Crest Drive and Elmwood Avenue, Gavalier said.

Read more about the effort in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.