We have a very dangerous road on 19th Avenue SE at Silver Lake, between Lake Heights Road and 112th Street SE. It is very winding and cars go much too fast. There have been cars racing at high speeds around the curves and not always making the turns.
I have lived here for 13 years and in that time have seen multiple spin outs, crashes into fences, trees, buildings, poles, signs and anything else in the way — even the lake.
The speed limit is 35 mph and I don’t see anyone going under 40 mph. People seem to think that this stretch of road is the Indy 500. I have only seen a police presence once in all the time that I have lived here. While many of these accidents happen at night there are also many that happen during the day when children are waiting for the school bus, walking, skateboarding, riding their bikes or going to the lake. I see people with baby strollers and elderly people out for a walk as well as people, like myself, walking their dog.
Something must be done about this dangerous road before someone gets killed. This is not a new problem and it does not seem like the City of Everett cares enough to make the necessary changes to make this area safer.
I believe that if there was more of a police presence on this road, and drivers knew that tickets would be given, that people would start to slow down.
Perhaps, lowering the speed limit to 25 mph around the curves would help.
Putting up warning signs that the road is dangerous or one of those lighted signs that tell you how fast you are going and to slow down.
There has to be something that the city can do to help protect its citizens.
The latest casualty on this road was on Sunday night, May 22, when two vehicles were racing and went off of the road into what used to be Romeo’s restaurant. There have been people working on it for several weeks now and they had really done a wonderful job of revitalizing the building. Now they have a huge hole in the side of the building, a tree damaged, a sign hit so hard that the concrete base came completely out of the ground and separated from the pole and the sign it was attached to and wires on the telephone pole sheared off. Of course, buildings, trees, signs and wires can be repaired but what if a person had been there as well?
Do we have to have a death on this road before any action will be considered?
Sally Cote lives in Everett.
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