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TextSupervisor Cook and Fairfax County Police Join on Road Safety Initiatives
Combating Speeding and Unsafe Driving in Our Neighborhoods
Supervisor Cook Teams up with McGruff the Crime Dog and Fairfax
County Police Department to Raise Drivers' Awareness as the School Year
Begins
Fairfax - This morning Supervisor Cook joined "McGruff" the
Crime Dog and Officer J.T. Frey of the Fairfax County Police Department
(FCPD) at Laurel Ridge Elementary School in Kings Park West to welcome
students and parents as they were walking to school and to remind folks
of the importance of driving safe and alert in our neighborhoods. Today's
outreach effort, in support of the Police Department's Operation Blue
Guardian, is part of Supervisor Cook's ongoing campaign to combat
speeding and unsafe driving in our communities.
"I have heard a high level of concern and anxiety from residents
regarding unsafe driving through their neighborhoods," said
Supervisor Cook. "It is clearly an issue that deserves our full
attention and requires especially heightened awareness now that our kids
are back out walking to school." With our children returning to
school, FCPD and Supervisor Cook are ramping up efforts to tell
drivers to slow down on neighborhood streets.
He added, "When our streets become raceways, people become hesitant
to walk down the sidewalk, ride their bikes, or let their children play
in the front yard, and that's just unacceptable."
Supervisor Cook has been pushing his anti-speeding campaign at the Board
of Supervisors since he first introduced a board matter during the
Board's June 19 meeting. It was passed unanimously and directed County
staff to begin to develop a plan that focuses on addressing neighborhood
traffic and safety concerns, particularly speeding. Momentum is building
as the Board's carryover package is expected to contain $200,000 for
traffic calming measures and to direct staff to prepare a brief for the
Board later this Fall on implementing additional pieces of Supervisor
Cook's proposal.
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