A property owner is stuck with the bill after another crash on a street that is a hotspot for speeders.
“It’s an ongoing issue. It’s not the first time I’ve had a car bang into my property. It’s about the third time just at this corner alone,” said Jimmy Harper, who owns the property.
On Friday morning, an SUV appears to have hopped the curb before it would land on another car, damaging that car and some of Harper’s property.
Harper is not aware that what led up to the crash but he is aware that whoever was driving the SUV made no apology.
“I’m in total shock and startled by this crash. We seem to have a lot of heavy traffic in this area on lead. I’m hoping that the city traffic control will take a look at this and help us. Very unfortunate. The car was abandoned and now I’m stuck with all the damage,” said Harper.
To try and slow drivers down, around one year ago the City of Lead Avenue crash, Albuquerque, New Mexico, as long as drivers were moving with the 30 mph speed limit.
The city says they are preparing to conduct another study to see if that tactic worked, but it got postponed due to COVID-19. The city also says they’re waiting to do that study until school returns in session and people are traveling to work again, so there’s a proper depiction of what traffic is like in the mornings and evenings.
Until then, the city says they keep working with neighborhood associations along with Lead and Coal avenues.
