County study recommends citywide speed limit of 25 mph for Poughkeepsie streets

A county transportation study presented to the Poughkeepsie Common Council on Feb. 18 found that most city streets could be justified for a reduced local speed limit of 25 miles per hour.

Emily Dozier, a senior planner with the Dutchess County Transportation Council, told the council the mayor and city administrator asked the council to consider reducing the citywide speed limit from 30 to 25 on local streets. “The mayor and city administrator asked us to take a look at reducing the citywide speed limit from 30 miles an hour to 25,” Dozier said, explaining that state law now allows cities to adopt a lower citywide limit on local streets and that an engineering study is required to support such a change.

The study, supported by consultant Creighton Manning, reviewed lane widths,…