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Why is There a Traffic Counter on Monument Street?

The traffic counter on Monument Street is collecting data to best determine when speeding is the worst on the street.

A Wenham Police Department traffic counter has been set up on Monument Street to help identify the best time to conduct traffic enforcement on the street. Monument Street is a well traveled road that connects Cherry Street to Route 1A and, of course, is home to the Wenham Tea House. “It gives us quite a bit of info - number of vehicles, speed of vehicles, etc.” said Interim Police Chief Thomas Perkins. He said Monument Street homeowners “were among the first residents complaining about speeding vehicles since I took over.” Perkins said police can not be on any street in Wenham around-the clock, “but this device can.” The counter has been used many times over the years and is owned by the town. It helped, for example, compile traffic data …

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Michelle Bailey

10:53 am on Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Thanks, I was wondering about that...Warning, speeding on Monument St is a bad idea!   more ›

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