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 average driver is going roughly 5 to 10 miles per hour faster than the speed limit," said consulting engineer Chris Basso.

The councilaccepted the consultantsrecommendation to install digital radar feedback signs that display real-time speeds and can collect cellular-enabled data, then evaluate results after 12 months. The village manager said the signs typically cost about $5,000to $6,000 each, require solar/battery maintenance and cellular service for continuous data, and can be paired with targeted law-enforcement deployments to catch repeat high-speed violators.

Resident and Thomas Sage Homeowners Association president Fred Lohrey urged sustained enforcement rather than one-off efforts, noting the study recorded multiple daytime vehicles traveling in the 60s and 70s mph. "Please, we need to prioritize traffic enforcement throughout the village of Royal Palm Beach. Not as a put up the signs 1 week, do some radar enforcement the next week," Lohrey told the council.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office District 9 personnel reported a marked enforcement increase this year on Crestwood North; the district made 548 traffic stops in 2024 on a study segment and 945 through August 2025. The captain noted practical limits on continuous saturation because deputies also respond to crashes, domestic calls and other high-priority incidents.

Council members said they supported the pilot and data-driven targeting of repeat offenders. Several members were reluctant to immediately raise posted speed limits; the study recommends modest adjustments on selected corridors to bring posted limits closer to the measured 85th-percentile speeds, but councilmembers asked staff to try the signs and enforcement first and revisit speed-limit changes only if the pilot proved ineffective.

The council also asked staff to include crossings used by students in follow-up safety reviews and to share prior crossing studies with members. The pilot will provide time-stamped speed data that staff and law enforcement can use to identify repeat offenders for targeted enforcement.

The action was passed unanimously.