CLARKSTON, Ga. — DeKalb County residents near Clarkston say they are fed up with cars speeding through their neighborhood and damaging property.
Part of Norman Road is in Clarkston and part of it is a county road.
If you drive along the road, you may see a few brick mailboxes knocked over. One of them belonged to Joyce Swaney.
"It's not cheap, but nobody else is going to pay for it," Swaney said.
Swaney said, for now, she glued it back together and set it sideways because she was tired of the inconvenience.
"I had to go pick up my mail at the post office," Swaney said.
Swaney said she's lived in DeKalb County for almost 50 years. She said she's seen vehicles cause property damage all over her neighborhood—at least three times in the past two months.
Swaney said cars have knocked down telephone poles and killed her bush. A vehicle left the San Souci neighborhood sign looking like the end of a game of Jenga. Plus, a rail is down where the road intersects Rays Road.
Often, you can still see the car parts left in the rubble.
Clarkston resident Sarah Zagami said most of the damage is on the DeKalb County side of the road.
"There's no traffic calming on that side," Zagami said. "The city put in traffic calming over here."
On the city side, the speed limit drops from 35 to 15, and there are "ease"abouts, or mini roundabouts, and flashing lights - when they function.
"That's supposed to alert us when cars are coming through and make it easier to pull in and out," Zagami said. "And sometimes the sensor stops working."
Clarkston Mayor Beverly Burks tells 11Alive she'll look into a possible sensor issue and also encouraged residents to reach out to the city manager.
Zagami is hoping police will add reinforcement because, despite the signs, the cars still speed.
"Clarkston Police will sit here in the park and patrol, but I've never actually seen them pull anybody over," Zagami said.
Zagami said she hasn't noticed any DeKalb County presence. 11Alive's Tresia Bowles asked for a response and will follow up.
Neighbors have a few other suggestions.
"Speed bumps, or roundabouts--and I know people don't like that, but we've got to do something," Swaney said.
Others have suggested stop signs and more flashing lights on the county side. A county commissioner tells 11Alive more "ease"abouts are coming.
The road is near an elementary school and is often frequented by bikers and pedestrians. Like the speeding drivers, residents said they're not going to stop until something changes.
"It needs to be done before somebody gets killed," Swaney said.