Apparently after 2 days of complaining, Meriden's finest don't care if parked cars prevent emergency vehicles from getting through. Someone needs to die and not have the ambulance reach them before anything might be done. How about some prevention rather than reaction to public safety. Move the parked vehicles off Blackstone Street and Trafford Street. They managed to park somewhere else during last storm. As soon as roads are clear, they are like cockroaches, causing 1 lane traffic again.

Periodically they still park on both sides of the street, making it impossible for emergency vehicles to pass even though they put up a No Parking on this side sign. Problem is they put 1 sign up in the middle of the street. Nobody can see it because of weed growth and they do not drive by and/or enforce it. Guess they consider once the sign goes up, people will obey it and problem will go away... Right.

Amazing, after having the sign up for almost 2 years, not once has the police come around and ticketed the cars parked illegally on the No Parking side of the street. I guess it's going to have to take someone to die before they realize there is a safety issue going on here when emergency vehicles cannot fit between 2 rows of parked cars. For shame. Then what do they tell they poor family that loses someone, we didn't know about it? Especially when it has been posted for almost 2 years. I smell liability issues because of laziness.

Three cars were ticketed on Trafford Street today. There were no violations on Blackstone Street. If you see any violations, please call 203-238-1911 to report them so that an officer is sent to address it. With your assistance, the officers will be able to address this issue better than random patrols.

This is deemed a one way street for through traffic. There are 2 signs that say no parking. Obviously this has been ignored. Lived here for 6 years. Innumerable calls to police yield no action at all. These parents show class by parking in private driveways and using foul language when asked to move and laugh when told authorities have been called. I count 5 cars parked 1 and 3 deep on either side of the street leaving no room for buses to exit. 2 weeks ago a child was almost hit because all the cars blocked the view of crossing children. I might also add that directly behind the "Do Not Enter" sign is a stop sign which even the buses DO NOT STOP for. This is the view every.single.day. Hopefully this post will shame someone with authority to hand out tickets until people learn that you cannot just do whatever you want. This is a school.

When this intersection was redesigned, several parallel parking spaces were painted on Lewis Ave near West Main St, next to the church. When cars park in the space that is closest to W Main St, it creates a hazard. It is extremely difficult for larger vehicles to make a left turn from the eastbound side of W Main onto Lewis Ave. With traffic waiting at the red light on Lewis, there is just barely enough room to get by if a vehicle is parked in this space.

visitor(Guest)

I think that is a poor excuse. A lot of time, money and effort went into rebuilding this intersection. It is unfortunate to see the progress partially undone by a simple parking space. It would only require some paint and a new sign to eliminate this problem.

larry kendzior(Guest)

Dave(Guest)

There is absolutely no way that light is on a 90 second cycle. I've sat at that light for almost 5 minutes. On numerous occasions I have watched people go right through the light almost causing an accident because people think the light is broken. People also frequently take a right then pull a u-turn to go left. This needs to be fixed as it is a safety hazard.

Dave(Guest)

jfl1282
(Guest)

The one I don't like is coming off the highway northbound, across from Mobil. They have updated the sensors which has helped but if you catch it just as it turns red it's like a 3-4 minute wait... also the light ONLY STAYS GREEN FOR LITERALLY 3 SECONDS.... if there's 3 cars wanting to turn the 3rd car will barely make the green light, the 4th car has no chance. This is usually only late at night as the other times there is a turn arrow then a green light for long enough.

To be more specific, this issue refers to the intersection of Melville Ave and Hanover Ave.

Northbound traffic on Hanover Rd must navigate a curve which creates a blind intersection at Melville Ave.

Since those Hanover Ave vehicles are ALWAYS speeding, many near-misses occur on a daily basis.

City of Meriden has shown little or no interest in addressing this situation, and I am convinced they are just waiting for a fatality before they put down their donuts and coffee and do something productive for a change.

ClosedUser(Guest)

The street light is out right in front of The Village at Kensington Place. Cars speed up and down this road and as cars are trying to get out of the community, its hard for on coming traffic to see with the street light out. I believe both street lights are out! Very dark and dangerous!

taina(Guest)

I think weather it is a traffic light or stop sign, people are gonna speed past. I know because my car was totalled when there was a traffic light there. That intersection is dangerous all together, so if possible I avoid it altogether.