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Keizer council orders outreach on possible shift to 20 mph residential limits
Summary
Councilors heard public comment and staff analysis on lowering residential speed limits from 25 to 20 mph, agreed to public outreach and to ask the multimodal (formerly traffic/bikeway) committee to review program thresholds and tools before making a citywide change.
Keizer city councilors on Oct. 20 directed staff to conduct public outreach and add a survey question about lowering residential speed limits to 20 mph, following public comment and a staff report describing legal authority, costs and trade-offs.
The conversation began during public comment when resident and Traffic Safety Bikeways & Pedestrian Committee member David Philbrick urged the council to designate residential streets citywide as 20 mph, saying lower posted speeds would reduce risk and improve livability.
Public Works Director Bill Lawyer told the council that Senate Bill 558 (2019) gives cities authority to post non-arterial residential streets at 5 mph below statutory limits, enabling cities to adopt 20 mph on those…
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