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City presents traffic-calming pilot for four neighborhoods; proposes tiered toolbox and neighborhood petition process
Summary
City engineering staff and Banks Engineering presented a traffic-calming program on Feb. 24 proposing a three-tiered set of measures — signage/education, spot treatments and corridor redesigns — for four Georgetown neighborhoods.
Georgetown city staff and consulting engineers presented a traffic-calming study and a proposed program on Feb. 24 that would give the city a standardized, tiered approach to address speeding and neighborhood safety.
The consulting team, selected after an RFP process, studied four pilot areas: Pleasant Valley, Payne/Gano Avenues, Indian Hills and Showalter Drive. Engineers reported varied crash histories across the areas; Payne/Gano and Showalter had higher crash counts and some injury crashes. Pleasant Valley showed comparatively low crash frequency, which the team attributed to narrower, curvilinear streets and…
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