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Council directs staff to revise traffic‑calming policy: move toward data-driven prioritization and city-funded fixes for qualifying streets
Summary
After months of neighborhood requests, councilors told staff to update the traffic-calming policy to emphasize empirical data, create a scored prioritization list, and fund qualifying projects from city budgets rather than relying on neighborhood cost‑sharing; staff will return with an ordinance.
Sandy Springs — The City Council work session on Oct. 7 moved toward a new, data-driven approach to traffic calming: council members directed staff to update policy so the city prioritizes and funds projects that meet objective safety criteria rather than relying chiefly on neighborhood fundraising.
Public Works Director Marty Martin and Traffic and Transportation Unit Manager Kristen Westcott reviewed the traffic-calming program history, treatment types and recent studies. "As it stands today, a single resident in a neighborhood can request a traffic study," Martin said; staff proposed refining the process to require either an HOA request or a minimum of two unrelated residents to initiate a study.
Council direction and agreed changes: staff…
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