ST. GEORGE — Residents of the Country Manor subdivision in St. George say they've been dealing with speeding through their neighborhoods for years.

Now, officials in the city of St. George are offering their help in finding ways to address that problem. Earlier this year, several speed signs were put into the subdivision to monitor speed; however, residents said it hasn't made that big of a difference.

Residents say that several subdivisions, including the recently built Bellacosa, connect into Country Manor, which has essentially made it a cut-through area to reach places like Bellacosa.

"It's a 25-mile-an-hour; I mean I've seen cars like a Mustang going 50. We're on Bellacosa. We have tried for years to get speed bumps, and get people on Bellacosa to sign; nobody wants to sign. I mean, we got kids playing, can't even go outside because I almost get rear-ended in my truck backing up," One resident who wished to only go by Mike said.

Then, in 2025, residents say a bad incident happened in the subdivision due to the traffic and speeding.

"Neighbors and stuff talk about that a kid almost got run over, and a dog did get run over," Resident Todd Hawley said.

St. George District 5 City Councilman Andrew Murrell says St. George was not the one who approved Bellacosa.

"St. George did not exist in its current capacity at that time, and if we did, we probably would not have approved a subdivision that was built up that high with that many houses," Murrell said.

Monday night, Murrell met with Country Manor's Homeowners Association at St. George City Hall to talk about potential ways to tackle the speeding and traffic problem.

Murrell floated the idea of speed tables, which are like speed bumps but longer and flatter so they won't impact vehicles like firetrucks and ambulances. However, he also pointed out that this won't outright fix the problem completely.

"It's not going to get solved; we're just trying to get it better," Murrell said.

He also says there's a long process to getting them. They'll need 75% of homeowners to sign a petition to submit to the city council.

"The biggest challenge that I anticipate is with the amount of renters that we have in the neighborhood; requiring 75% of signatures from homeowners will be a challenge," HOA president Drake Lambert said.

Then it has to go through multiple approval processes by city officials, such as the Mayor and Fire Chief. Then it must go before the City Council for approval. If it gets approved, it goes into a design phase by engineers. Then, the design must be approved by the homeowners adjacent to the speed tables.

If all that goes through, the speed tables can finally be put in.

"I would like to have this done before the end of the year, and I mean from zero to installation before the end of the year," Murrell said.

Councilman Murrell says it's hard to get deputies out to patrol the area for speed because there's less available than in the past.

"Shifts that used to have six to eight people on them now have three or four, and it means that you get a lot of I have other things I need to be doing other than monitoring your speeding situation," Murrell said.