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least the summer of 2004, when concerned residents petitioned for an analysis of speeding in Washington, said town clerk Laura Dodd. The subsequent VDOT study found that in one day there were 58 instances of speeders traveling faster than 45 mph on Washington’s 25-mph streets. A similar study had been conducted a year earlier, but it was deemed flawed.
Dodd said a VDOT official presented anti-speeding measures to the town council following the release of the study results. She said the council decided in October 2004 to purchase a radar unit that measures and displays how fast a vehicle is traveling.
Calls to address speeding in town arose again this past summer when residents documented numerous vehicles exceeding the speed limit on Main Street.
At the council’s request, in September VDOT’s Cubbage laid out options to control speeding, including the use of stop signs.
At last week’s public hearing, some town residents berated the council for not moving quickly enough.
“This seems like something that gets extended
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