After crash into retaining wall, Hampshire Hills residents demand speed bumps

CHARLOTTE — Residents in another Charlotte neighborhood want speed bumps along their street after several close calls and a recent crash.

Those who live along Covecreek Drive in Hampshire Hills, near Eastway, say multiple drivers speed down their long and curvy street every day and many have experienced close calls. It’s a road that many drivers use as a cut-through to The Plaza.

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“It’s just becoming very unsafe,” said Jamie Wildgoose, who lives along the street.

A car rammed into his front yard in February after he said the driver was likely speeding and lost control, slamming into his retaining wall and sending bricks everywhere.

“It was pretty bad. The car was flipped over,” he added.

He gave Channel 9 several pictures showing the mess the crash made.

“I was speechless. I didn’t have a lot of words, I was more in shock,” Wildgoose said.

It’s the latest accident on a street that Wildgoose said is notorious for dangerous driving. He said he’s nearly been hit while walking his dog, and several accidents have damaged light posts, trashcans and fences.

It’s why he and other neighbors want the City of Charlotte to put multiple speed humps along the street in an effort to slow drivers down who exceed the 15 miles per hour speed limit.

“I just hope that the city is listening to the residents,” Wildgoose said. “Because we do want that safety.”

His neighborhood isn’t the only one that’s requested speed bumps. Channel 9 reported spoke with residents in Enderly Park last year who said dangerous, speeding drivers have caused crashes and nearly hit pedestrians in their neighborhood.

The city put a stop sign at a nearby intersection in an effort to slow drivers down, but not a speed bump. Neighbors in Enderly Park say people still drive erratically.

Back in Hampshire Hills, Wildgoose hopes safety measures or at least a traffic study will be implemented by the city before someone gets hurt.

In the meantime, he wants drivers to think about the consequences that could happen and just slow down.

“Just think about others,” Wildgoose said. “I think at the end of the day, we all need to get somewhere. If you’re a couple minutes late, you know, just say, ‘Hey, I’m sorry, I’m a couple minutes late, because I was respecting the rules of the road.’”

Channel 9 reached out to Charlotte Department of Transportation to ask if they’ve received the speed bump requests from the neighborhood and if anything will be done about it.

At the time of this article, we had not yet heard back from CDOT.

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