Bump In The Road!

Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton will have speed bumps.

Dayton, Ohio, one of the country's Rust Belt communities is now resorted to making one of its main roads a permanent slow down. 

Mayor Jeff Mims and city officials approved for four miles of North Gettysburg Avenue to have speed bumps to curb speeding and illegal racing.

Dayton plans to apply for millions of dollars in low-interest loans to put Gettysburg on a “road diet” — shrinking the roadway and likely the lanes of traffic — and the city also wants to make some immediate, temporary interventions until permanent ones can be put in place.

City manager Shelley Dickerson had said that a project to improve Gettysburg Avenue in the long term will happen if the U.S. Department of Transportation approves funding.

The speed bumps are expected to be placed on the road within weeks and it will cover the sections where frequent accidents occur.

From Free Pike to West Second Street, the city plans on adding speed bumps.

After a series of accidents including a deadly one which killed four people from Illinois, the city concluded that speed bumps will be the final decision instead of more traffic cameras and police patrol.

Dayton is also having a hiring crisis with police and city workers. The community has seen a slight tick in population growth but the jobs offered are not paying enough to keep up with inflation.