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Lockhart officials outline stepwise plan for pedestrian safety on residential streets
Summary
City staff and police outlined a tiered approach — immediate enforcement and radar trailers, short-term studies and signage, and longer-term sidewalks and street redesign — and council directed staff to return with a policy proposal and neighborhood-specific recommendations.
Lockhart City officials on the work-session agenda reviewed a multi-step approach to reduce speeding and improve pedestrian safety on residential streets, focusing on neighborhoods without sidewalks. Public Works Director Sean Kelly and police staff described short-term enforcement and data collection, intermediate engineering and signage options, and longer-term sidewalk and capital projects, and council asked staff to return with a policy framework and targeted proposals.
Kelly told the council the goal is “to improve neighborhood livability and pedestrian safety while balancing access, and emergency response.” He reviewed common complaints — speeding, lack of sidewalks, cut-through traffic, and visibility — and described “engineering, education and enforcement” measures the city uses when residents request traffic calming.
Under the three-tier plan Kelly described, immediate steps include directed police patrols and placement of temporary radar trailers that record speed and counts. Midterm responses can involve traffic studies (he estimated…
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