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Council to rerun Park Road East traffic study; policy requires property-owner signoffs for traffic-calming measures
Summary
After a 2022 analysis showed Park Road East met warrants for traffic calming, the council asked staff to repeat traffic counts now that new internal access is in use; engineering said residents' petitions and resurfacing coordination will be required before speed humps could be installed.
Councilmember Todd Barber asked for an update on Park Road East after a traffic analysis completed in 2022 showed the roadway met the town's warrants for neighborhood traffic calming.
Town engineering staff told the council the earlier performance bond tied to a nearby development was released after repairs the developer made; engineering said the town cannot legally hold a bond on an existing roadway in perpetuity. Staff confirmed they will conduct a new traffic study now that the internal access road for the town center is constructed and in use and the developer's apartment residents may be using that new access.
Engineering staff described the petition process for traffic calming: if the updated counts again support calming measures, the town's policy requires the requesting property owner to obtain signatures from 60% of property owners along the affected roadway before the town implements measures such as speed humps. Staff also noted that speed humps should be installed as part of a coordinated resurfacing effort, since installing humps on an old surface can be inefficient. "We'll go from there," the town engineer said, describing next steps.
Council members asked staff to contact the Rogers family (the original requestor) and to schedule the updated traffic counts; staff said results will determine whether to proceed with resident outreach and any resurfacing work.
No immediate traffic-calming installations were authorized at the Oct. 14 meeting; staff will report data and next steps after completing the updated analysis.
