Week in Review: Speed Cameras, the Post Office and a Public Safety Town Hall

On Monday, after a fire erupted in their College Park home. Fortunately, the fire was confined to the basement area of the house with no extension to the upper floors, and the students were only expected to be displaced for around 24 hours. 

On Wednesday, we bid our goodbye as they turn their attention from home owning to wedding planning. We wish them well and hope they'll be able to return to writing for us soon.

It turns out that College Park's speed cameras since March 18, when city staff decide to cut back their hours from 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. The change was made after residents expressed confusion at having one camera, located on Rhode Island Avenue near a school zone, operating on restricted hours while the other cameras whirred away 24/7. 

Complaints over a College Park post office are pouring in from frustrated residents, some of whom say the issue has been going on for years. Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) said he intends to summarize much of the input provided by residents in a future work session, as well as copy that summary on to Congressman Steny Hoyer. 

A was held Wednesday in an ongoing effort to bridge communication between police, students and College Park residents. All parties involved hope that Wednesday's discussion was only the first in many more events of its kind. Check out the full video here.