Albury council and highway patrol are coming together to crack down on speeding and dangerous driving, focusing on eight streets nominated by residents.

Over 300 people responded to the call out for problem streets, with 157 streets across the city nominated.

Some of the streets chosen for the crackdown include Calimo, Wantigong and Frauenfelder Street in North Albury.

A near miss during a pursuit in Frauenfelder Streer last year highlighted a need for better traffic control.

Just months ago, Wantigong Street was the site of rental car plowing into a power pole.

Other roads targeted in previous years include Burrows Road and Kemp Street.

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Olivia Reid lives on Calimo street and she said she's not really too concerned with the constant burnouts on the residential road.

"I don't particularly like the speeding cars, but all the burnouts and those sorts of things do not concern me," she said.

"We get it nearly everyday."

Another resident Josh Pascoe said he doesn't believe an increased police presence will stop people from speeding.

"They've got a very high presence already in the area and it still happens, it doesn't have much of an effect on it," he said.

"It's a losing battle, they aren't intimidated by seeing police.

"But you get plenty of warning with the big smoke clouds."

Another Calimo Street resident, who did not wish to give her name, said she welcomed the increased police presence.

"I don't want to see anybody get hurt, my heart goes up into my throat every time I hear the burnouts," she said.

"Somebody is going to end up with them in their front yard, I can see it coming.

"If there are little kids outside they haven't got a hope in hell if someone spins out of control.

"My husband and I both agree that something has to be done about it before something happens, whether it be the driver or an innocent bystander."

However the concerned resident said she was not convinced that marked police cars would do much to alleviate the issue.

"An open police presence won't do much, they see the flashing lights and they slow down," she said.

"They need unmarked cars to really catch them."

Ms Reid said she didn't believe even unmarked police cars would make a difference, saying she saw someone do a burnout in front of an unmarked vehicle just the day before.

Albury mayor Kevin Mack said the community needed to take ownership of the issue and not just leave it in the hands of the police.

"As drivers you have a responsibility, it's not only you, it's the kids in the car, it's the other motorists, pedestrians, we need to be really cognisant of the fact that at all hours we observe the speed limits," he said.

"People take it for granted, they think a licence is a right not a privilege.

"The police will remind them that it is a privilege."

Albury highway patrol's sergeant Steve Schausinger said the increased focus on the eight particular streets didn't mean there would be a reduced police presence elsewhere in the city.

"We'll give special attention to the streets that have been named, without any sort of reduction of what we normally do throughout town," sergeant Schausinger said.

"If people can just do the right things off their own bat, we're happy and it's what we would much prefer.

"But those that do the wrong thing can expect to get an infringement notice.

"Think again, do the right thing and you won't have any grief from us and improve road safety for everyone."

Mayor Mack said the campaign is also about educating the community about the perils of speeding and irresponsible driving.

"This is about policing our streets, educating people about speed and as you can see on the sign behind us we're reminding people they need to slow down," he said.

"These are quite often residential areas, people need to make our streets safer."