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Trustees defer request to reduce speed limit on Camp Phillips Road to allow more data and police review
Summary
Residents asked the board to recommend lowering the speed limit on Camp Phillips Road between the Highway 29 interchange and Ross Avenue after a serious crash. Police agreed to run targeted enforcement and report back; trustees voted to defer action for 30 days to gather data.
Residents asked the board to recommend that Marathon County lower the posted speed limit on Camp Phillips Road (Camp Phillips Road corridor between the Highway 29 interchange and Ross Avenue) after a fatal crash earlier in the year.
Josh Wiedenbunt, a resident who lives on Douglas Lane adjacent to Camp Phillips, told trustees that “the majority of people are going 35, 40. Some people going over 40,” and shared screenshots of social‑media posts from neighbors calling the stretch “an accident waiting to happen.” Another…
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