Homewood board votes for police enforcement, signage over road diet on 183rd Street

The Homewood Village Board voted 5-1 Tuesday to move forward with increasing police enforcement and other measures on 183rd Street, hoping to deter speeding and make the street safer for residents. 

It was the latest action on the controversial plan to reduce 183rd Street traffic from its current four lanes to one lane in each direction, a center lane to make turning into driveways easier and two lanes along the curbs for bicyclists.

Several Homewood…