William J. Kenble reports in the Daily Freeman that newcomers to this area are often blamed for almost any problem here. The latest: Saugerties village officials claim drivers are going too fast on a one-way street used as a shortcut. “With the increase of out-of-state cars, the village is saturated every day,” Russell Street resident Luis Guillen said Oct. 18 at a village board meeting. “Cars fly down the road trying to avoid the traffic lights. Traffic has definitely increased, and there are no posted speed limits on any of the side roads.” The one-block street runs east from Partition Street to Washington Avenue and is used as a shortcut from northbound Partition Street to Main Street to avoid a traffic light. Town officials apparently believed this citizen's account and started discussing solutions. Speed bumps? “There is a liability that goes with them,” Saugerties village Mayor Bill Murphy said. “That’s why the state recommends against them. They can cause accidents, can cause damage to cars.” How about one of those signs that tell drivers whether their speedometers work? “Enforcement is key,” Murphy said. “Once a week, they can do a little radar check there and people are aware of it and it makes them slow down for a while. [And] I have no problem stenciling ‘Slow’ in the road.” What about lowering the speed limit? “If we’re going to change it to 25 [miles per hour] on Russell, we’d better change it for the others as well,” Village Board member Jeannine Mayer said. How about a sign? “We can post speed limit signs [that drivers can see] as they come around the corner,” board member Terry Parisian said. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.