This resident did everything right. He put up the signs. He talked to his neighbors. He came to the council and asked, respectfully, for help. And what he got back was 'we'll set up a speed detail' and 'let's work on it next week.'

But he said it himself — he wants something that forces drivers to slow down instead of hoping they will. But hoping is exactly what the town offered him.

Here's what gets me: this is a solved problem. Cumberland, right next door, has a written Traffic Calming Policy. A clear way for a resident to report a street. A team that actually reviews it. Real speed data, so the worst streets get help first — not the loudest ones. And it starts with the low-cost fixes before anyone spends a dollar on speed humps.

In two years, this council passed zero new ordinances.Keeping kids safe on a dead-end street shouldn't depend on one dad showing up every Monday night, hoping someone finally listens.