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Needham committee asks DPW to design townwide South Street speed-calming plan
Summary
The Transportation Safety Committee reviewed speed data showing 85th-percentile speeds of 41 mph eastbound on South Street, directed DPW to draft advisory signage and striping options for the full corridor, and agreed to consider radar feedback signs and phased treatments pending funding and planning-board approvals for scenic-byway sections.
The Needham Transportation Safety Committee on Sept. 10 asked the Department of Public Works engineering staff to prepare a corridor-wide plan of advisory signs, pavement markings and potential radar-feedback signs for South Street after members reviewed a speed study and discussed next steps.
Committee Chair Justin McCall opened the discussion with study results showing an average daily two-way volume of 4,395 vehicles and 85th‑percentile speeds of 41 mph eastbound toward Dedham Avenue and 37 mph westbound. The study station was sited near Canterbury Lane; the petitioner asked for the study because of speeding near their driveway, McCall said.
The nut graf: the committee focused on treatments that can be implemented administratively (signs, edge lines, radar feedback)…
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