City approves 2025 speed-table project; residents raise school-zone safety concerns
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Summary
The Board of Works approved a quote from Cincinnati Asphalt to install permanent asphalt speed tables at selected city streets, funded from the road improvements restricted line; residents and council members urged additional school-zone signing and active enforcement to protect children.
Lawrenceburg's Board of Works approved a contractor to install permanent asphalt speed tables at select city streets, including two new tables at Ludlow Hill Park, by accepting the low responsible quote from Cincinnati Asphalt Company.
Staff recommended the low responsible quote of $57,742.22 for the 2025 speed-table project and said the work would be funded from the city's road improvements restricted line. During discussion, staff confirmed the project includes signage similar to existing school-area signs and that if tables must be removed later staff would need to mill and replace the asphalt in that segment.
At the Board of Works meeting and later during the city council portion, residents raised safety concerns near schools and at particular intersections. One resident who lives on Short and Tate said drivers “blast through that stop sign all the time” and detailed near-misses involving children. Council members and staff said they would increase police presence near schools and explore additional signage or flashing school-zone signs; staff said they would task public works to research options.
The board moved to accept the low responsible quote. An abstention was recorded during the roll call and the motion carried. In later council discussion, members asked that existing temporary speed bumps be replaced with permanent speed tables where appropriate; staff said permanent tables are being installed to allow snowplows to pass without repeatedly removing temporary devices.
Council and staff also discussed quick actions to improve school-area safety, including increased patrols, additional signage and the possibility of community-supported crossing-guard programs. Staff agreed to investigate solar-powered flashing school-zone signs and other signage used in comparable communities.
The approved project cost and the funding line were presented at the meeting; one passage in the meeting transcript contained a clerical error in the motion text that listed $5,057,742.22, which contradicts the procurement presentation figure of $57,742.22. The board's summary and the staff recommendation identify the correct procurement amount as $57,742.22.
