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Speed study finds 85th-percentile speeds near 50 mph on Umtanim Road; board directs staff to set public hearing and broaden study area
Summary
Traffic tubes on Umtanim Road recorded 85th-percentile speeds of about 49.4 and 49.7 mph at two locations; staff noted seven crashes in five years and strong community support and asked the board to direct a public hearing on an engineer's report and expand the study area.
Cameron Curtis with Public Works presented the results of a speed study on Umtanim Road and asked the board to direct staff to set a public hearing to receive the engineer's report on a requested speed reduction.
Curtis described an initial screening that scored the request 37 out of a possible 60 points (the county's threshold for a study is 35 points) and said staff deployed traffic tubes at two locations: one just outside the city…
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