City cracks down on speeding motorcycles, cars on Skyline

At the July 10 city commission meeting,Ophelia Fulbright and Billie Thompson – both residents of Skyline Drive in Toccoa – spoke during the public comment section of the meeting. They requested commissioners to consider installing speed bumps or pursue other options to slow down traffic on Skyline Drive.

They stated that Skyline Drive is a residential neighborhood with children and elderly residents that are put in danger because of the high volume of motorcycle and car traffic that use Skyline Drive as a shortcut, often driving well in excess of the speed limit. 

Fulbright said every resident that lives on Skyline Drive had signed a petition asking for the speed bumps, and said she worried someone was going to get killed by one of the speeding drivers.

 

Thompson added that she is afraid for her life every time she goes to her mailbox.

Commissioner Terry Carter recommended a portable speed display sign that will let people know how fast they are going, and Mayor David Austin requested City Manager Billy Morse to look into seeing if law enforcement presence could be increased on the street, and tickets issued when appropriate. 

At the July 24 commission meeting, commissioners were updated on the status of traffic issues on Skyline drive, and Morse told WNEG News that the portable speed display sign had been put in place, and law enforcement presence had been increased, with warnings and tickets being issued to speeders. 

Skyline Drive branches off of Big A Road at the stop light near Ingles Grocery and ends at Rose Lane near the bowling alley.