Speed Limit Set on Nutley's Franklin Avenue
The Nutley Board of Commissioners officially designate all of Franklin Avenue at a residential speed limit of 25 miles per hour.
Nutley officials are setting the speed limit on Franklin Avenuie at 25 miles per hour to make it easier for police enforce speeding violations. The ordinance, introduced at the Feb. 19 Nutley Board of Commissioners public meeting, establishes a 25 mph speed limit on Franklin Avenue from the Belleville border to the Clifton border. Mayor Alphonse Petracco and Commissioner Thomas Evans invited the township's traffic expert to explain the reasons behind the proposed change. Jack Barry, a township employee who oversees traffic regulations, said the change was neeeded because the state changed changed the legal category of Franklin Avenue. "We are establishing the residential speed limit of 25, since Franklin Avenue is no longer considered a …
Lynn
11:52 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Just wondering when there will be 25 mph speed limit signs posted along Franklin Avenue, both northbound and southbound. Currently, if i am not mistaken, there are no speed limit signs at all along Franklin Avenue from Belleville through Nutley into Clifton. I think it is a wonderful safety law, yet how can it be enforced if the drivers along that route have no signs to alert them to the speed … more ›