Rose Avenue Residents Ask Council
For Reduced Speed, Cleaner Streets
By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Armed with a petition bearing 169 signatures, including from several health officials, John Woessner, 29 Rose Ave., asked Common Council this evening to limit speeds on his street to 15 mph and to clean the streets, which are often dusty from traffic from the commercial zone where Otsego Ready Mix, Eastman Associates and Northern Eagle Beverages are located.
"This is a health issue," he said during the council's public comment period, which was packed with supporters of both sides. "I am a surgical tech, and I cannot tell you how many people we've opened up to see that their lungs are black. It's not because they smoke – it's because of pollution."
