After being inundated with complaints, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office wants to send an emphatic message to drivers cutting through the Quail Run subdivision: Slow down.
The department said it’s gotten about 20 complaints in the last week and a half of drivers speeding through the subdivision, using it as a shortcut around construction of a new roundabout at the intersection of Standifer Gap Road and Ooltewah-Ringgold Road.
Construction started Sept. 15, and the number of vehicles zipping through the subdivision has grown considerably, residents said.
The roads that run through the subdivision, Quail Mountain Drive and Quail Run Drive, have posted speed limits of 25 mph. In a recent traffic study, the sheriff’s department reported 31 percent of drivers speed in the neighborhood.
“It’s five times as worse as it’s ever been,” said Scott Sailors, who’s lived in the area since 2003. “There’s been speeds of 50 mph.”