With speeding cars, packed buses and lots of pedestrians, Viking Drive can be a dangerous place. However, four high school students are hoping to change that as part of their honors law final project.

Andrew Churbuck, Andrew Gomes, Catalina Giron and Sheridyn Pinkham have spent the last few weeks gathering data and formulating new safety recommendations.

“They’re building on the work done by two students who graduated last year,” said law teacher John Sousa. “They’ve done a great job of using the data gathered and making their own recommendations.”

Based on the work of the previous students, Kendal Haley and Matthew Ireland, the new group had time to consider what specifically could be added.

Churbuck said there’s a need for speed bumps, a new crosswalk and a new stop sign near the entrance to the Town Hall parking lot.

The students spent some time watching and recording traffic on Viking Drive.

“Speeding was a definitely a big issue,” said Pinkham.

Sousa said last year’s projects caught the attention of Superintendent Kimberly Shaver-Hood and Police Chief Kevin Walsh and a new crosswalk was installed. Sousa said he’s hopeful similar action will be taken following the completion of this year’s projects.

“The students in this class the past two years have really made a difference in making the school a safer place,” said Sousa.