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Marlette Police Address Fenner St. Speeding Concerns
Chambray Anaman/Sydnee Sutliff
Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:42:48 EDT
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Marlette, MI
- The Marlette Police Department has released the results of a recent traffic monitoring initiative on Fenner Street conducted in response to numerous citizen complaints regarding excessive speed. Over the past couple of weeks, officers dedicated extra patrol hours to the area, and from September 19th through September 28th, an unmarked, unannounced traffic monitor, on loan from another department, was deployed to collect detailed speed data 24 hours a day.
The monitoring period, which included detour traffic from the city's annual Fall Family Fun Day, collected data on vehicles traveling in both directions.
The data collected provides a comprehensive look at driver speeds on Fenner Street:
-Total vehicles recorded: 9,913
-Average Speed: 21 mph
-Percentage of vehicles under 25 mph: 80%
-Percentage of vehicles under 30 mph: 98%
-85th Percentile Speed: 25.8 mph (This figure is closely aligned with the posted 25 mph speed limit.)
The vast majority of drivers were found to be traveling at safe and legal speeds. The data indicates that the widespread public concern over excessive speeding may be largely attributed to a small number of instances.
While the overall results are encouraging, the study did highlight a few incidents of high speed:
-Vehicles traveling between 31-37 mph: 1.8% of the total.
-Vehicles traveling between 43-50 mph: 2 vehicles, representing a mere 0.02% of the total count.
-No vehicles were recorded at or over 50 mph.
"We appreciate the vast majority of drivers traveling at a safe speed," the department stated. "On residential streets, vehicles with loud exhaust systems or those that accelerate quickly can often appear to be traveling much faster than they actually are. While two vehicles out of almost 10,000 traveling over 40 mph in a week period is not a lot, it is still two too many."
The department also noted that higher speeds recorded by these units can sometimes be attributed to emergency vehicles responding to calls.
The Marlette Police Department assures residents that traffic law enforcement remains a priority. "As always, we will continue to enforce our traffic laws and hold those responsible who are driving dangerously."
The department will continue to monitor the Fenner Street area and is expanding its focus to other areas of the city where similar speeding complaints have been registered.
The Marlette Police Department thanks all residents for their reports and concerns, emphasizing that community input is vital to maintaining safe streets.
