Memo to lead-footed drivers in Brooklyn Park: Church Street and Walton Avenue are not the Autobahn and the Indianapolis 500.

Speeding has gotten so bad on Walton Avenue, as drivers look to avoid the traffic light at Ritchie Highway and Church Street, that residents have complained loudly at several Arundel Neighborhoods Association meetings.

Del. Steve Schuh, R-Gibson Island, and Linda Harris, legislative aide to County Councilman Daryl Jones, listened and asked county police to increase their presence and enforce the 25 mph speed limit, said Gary O'Neal, association president.

"I walk the streets three times a...