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Council considers lowering petition threshold for traffic-calming requests; members push to add speed-bump funding in fall budget
Summary
City staff introduced an ordinance amendment to lower the neighborhood petition signature threshold for traffic-calming requests from 75% to 60%. Council members said the city should budget money to pay for speed bumps, noting poor neighborhoods often cannot self-fund traffic-calming measures.
The City Council on July 8 heard a staff briefing and initial introduction of an ordinance to amend the city’s neighborhood traffic-calming procedure, lowering the petition signature requirement from 75% to 60%.
The change was recommended by the traffic-calming committee, reconstituted as a subcommittee of the planning board, which told staff it considered 75% too high a barrier for neighborhoods seeking traffic-calming measures.
Terry Williams of…
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