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Royal Palm Beach council approves one-year pilot of radar feedback signs after speed study
Summary
Council accepted a consultant speed study showing high speed variance on Royal Palm Beach and Crestwood Boulevards, directed staff to amend a traffic-calming policy to permit radar feedback signs on collector roads, and approved a one-year pilot to gather data for enforcement and evaluation.
After reviewing an engineering study that found drivers commonly exceeded posted limits on Royal Palm Beach Boulevard and both sections of Crestwood Boulevard, the Village of Royal Palm Beach on Aug. 21 authorized a one-year pilot to deploy radar feedback signs on selected collector-road locations and directed staff to amend the villagetraffic calming policy to allow those devices.
The study by Erdman & Anthony found that 10-mile-per-hour pace speeds exceeded posted limits across all corridor segments and that Royal Palm Beach Boulevard had a disproportionately high rate of crashes tied to speeding compared with state averages. "Based on the speed volume data we were given, we found the…
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