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The Sunset Heights and Portland East Neighborhoods are the two newest additions to the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program. This is a cooperative program between the Harrisonburg Police Department and the Public Works Department, and its goal is to alleviate traffic problems, such as high-density through traffic, speeding, and stop sign violations, in neighborhoods such as these. After qualifying for one of these criteria, a neighborhood must gather a petition with at least 75% of the residents' signatures and present it to the City Council, which will have a vote on it. On June 26, 2018, the council voted in favor of adding these two new neighborhoods. Now they will conduct neighborhood meetings to decide the best courses of action, usually starting with the least restrictive methods like more road signs and pavement markings. Breaking Through News Intern reporter Michael Reefe has more details in the following report.