Sorry I missed this meeting. Speeding is not just a problem in the newer Village subdivisions. The old/original Village has a terrible problem with speeders who have created shortcuts through our residential side streets to avoid driving downtown. Check out the Baker to Dexter-Ann Arbor to Dover to Fifth shortcut, the Dexter-Ann Arbor to Fifth to Central, or the Dexter-Ann Arbor to Fourth to Central on any week night. Most of these speeders are from our neighboring townships. Bet those folks in Brass Creek would be furious if we drove through their streets at 35-45 mph!

I wonder if the speeders are a symptom of a larger problem. At rush hour it's not hard to observe persons taking all manner of shortcuts through Dexter, with some hurried driving. I am somewhat surprised that there are no complaints about the intersections of Dexter-Chelsea & Island Lake in the morning and Baker & Main in the afternoon. The behavior of drivers at these intersections is unsettling, including crowding the intersection and crossing against the red. At 8 am on any morning it takes about 5-6 cycles to get through the light at Dexter-Chelsea, mostly because at nearly every cycle at least two or three drivers enter an intersection they cannot cross. I have rarely observed law enforcement at these spots at keys times.

I live on Huron St in the older part of the village. Traffic comes off of Mast at 50mph and does not slow down coming into the village. I would love a speed bump on my street. (a big one)

Some years ago, there was a great demand for a bypass of the village to prevent the traffic problems growing to unmanageable proportions. The Village Council was against any bypass and refused to discuss it beyond saying no - stating the objection that it would reduce commerce traffic in downtown and potentially suffocate the village businesses. They have now exactly what they asked for and planned for. There were multiple plans floated for the Island Lake viaduct problem and for the Mast Road to Central issue, but it was all stopped. Now here we are.

It is a nightmare in the mornings and evenings. People flagrantly drive through the crosswalks with pedestrians in them. I see children crossing from school with drivers whizzing across the crosswalk while the kids are stuck in the middle or still crossing the lanes. (Just a note - it is illegal to cross any part of a crosswalk when a pedestrian is in the walk. The second they step into the crosswalk, they have the entire right of way in all lanes). It's only a matter of time. Perhaps it is finally time to talk about, plan and build the darn bypasses before people are killed.

Who ever said "speed bump" don't ever utter that awful phrase again.

"Thankfully the area will continue to grow as farms become sub-divisions"? As a life-long resident of Dexter that's watched it go from peaceful and quiet to Ann Arbor Jr. in my 36 years of life, your comment makes me sick. You're part of the problem.

"Thankfully the area will continue to grow as farms become sub-divisions"? As a life-long resident of Dexter that's watched it go from peaceful and quiet to Ann Arbor Jr. in my 36 years of life, your comment makes me sick. You're part of the problem.

I wasn't trying to be diplomatic. I'm not a politician. I'm entitled to my opinion and to use this forum whether you like it or not. How have I helped? By never being late with a property tax payment, by picking up other people's garbage that they throw out their car window driving by my house, by reporting to the village that my nighbor has abandoned their house so the pipes don't burst. The fact remains that all of the "progress" that Dexter has gone through in my lifetime has done much good. But it's also destroyed the small-town appeal that originally made everyone want to move here. My opinion. Oh, by the way, saying "not" after a statement to show that you really meant the opposite stopped being cool and hip over 20 years ago. Congratulations.

I think the world is becoming a crazy place. We're letting go of our Christian values, mainly love your neighbor. If we all loved and respected our neighbors like we treat our own, our problems would be resolved. But instead we're being inconsiderate of others and their children. Till we move the country to the right Christian path, we will continue to degrade. God Bless.

Fair enough.

In regard to traffic in subdivisions, I would like to see the sheriff's department monitor traffic during morning rush hour through Westridge and Eastridge Sts. I have a sneaking suspicion people are cutting through there to avoid the signal at Dexter Pinckney and Island Lake, despite the No Thru Traffic sign.