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Council debate over speed humps, STP matches and CIP priorities exposes demand for traffic calming
Summary
Council members pressed staff on using EDST or CIP money for speed humps and traffic calming. Staff said speed humps were not currently budgeted in CIP but could be added to STP construction projects or funded by EDST; traffic-commission studies and engineering assessments remain required before installation.
Ferguson council members and staff spent substantial time June 3 debating whether to fund neighborhood speed humps and other traffic-calming measures in the capital-improvement plan.
Council members — led in remarks by Councilwoman Noah and Councilman Kasoff — argued residents repeatedly request speed humps and that speed humps produce immediate, self-enforcing speed reductions without needing persistent police presence. The council’s traffic-commission liaison said the commission would like funding to install a larger batch of speed humps this year and that the commission can provide a…
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