Aliya Schneider is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media the Hudson Common Council is considering a resolution that would reduce the citywide speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. The proposed resolution would apply to truck routes within the city limits, as well. Residents of Hudson have long complained about vehicles traveling at unsafe speeds. The speed limit is 30 mph, but drivers regularly exceed it, which causes a threat to the community, the resolution states. Recent initiatives to lower the speed limit came from 5th Ward residents, 5th Ward Alderman Dominic Merante said. Constituents in Merante's ward spoke about speeding problems at a town hall meeting about two years ago, he said. More than 60 5th Ward residents recently signed a petition requesting the reduction and it was submitted to the Council. When asked, city attorney Jeff Baker said the city could request the 25 mph limit be applied to the state truck route. “We may not get it,” he said. The city has a case to ask for the change and the routes are relatively small, Baker added. “It’s not an unreasonable request,” he said. Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore supports the resolution, although speeding is not as much of an issue as people think it is, he said. “I’m supportive of the 25 [mph] because everybody knows that slower speeds correlate to less injuries — pedestrian and motor-vehicle injuries,” Moore said. “I think the average person thinks that cars are speeding with more frequency than actually happens.” The Council will vote on the resolution at its December 15 formal meeting. Read more at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.