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n January 10, 1996, following a request from many residents, the LaVista Park Civic Association asked DeKalb County to study the traffic flows on Citadel Drive, Mayfair Drive, and Kingsley Circle. Residents wanted the county to recommend ways to slow down  speeders in order to protect children playing in or near the street

as well as people walking throughout the neighborhood.
After almost five years the DeKalb County Department of Traffic Engineering has completed a vehicular speed and volume study on the above mentioned streets.
The conclusions of the 24-hour study were no surprise to anyone who has lived in this neighborhood for any

length of time.
While traffic volume was NOT a problem, a significant amount of the traffic WAS speeding. The speeding ranged from many cars traveling at 40-60 MPH to several vehicles traveling in excess of 65 MPH and even some going as fast as 75 on
our neighborhood streets.

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"While traffic volume was NOT a problem, a significant amount of the traffic WAS speeding."

POLICE PATROL NEWS              BY SGT. DAN BRIGNONE

hope everyone had a fun                                              and safe summer.  As we say goodbye to summer and hello to fall and winter it's time to remember that darkness descends on us earlier.  Therefore I want to remind everyone to take special care in securing your homes, garages and vehicles.

Let's not leave an open invitation to the criminal element that loves to come out after dark. 
We have recently had a couple of incidents where alert neighbors were able to notify the police when they saw something suspicious.  Both times a property crime

 was thwarted.  This is the kind of pro-active approach we need to continue to have some of the lowest crime statistics in DeKalb County. 
The more eyes that are watching the safer everyone

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