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Resident urges council to consider traffic enforcement, not immediate speed bumps, on Deerway Drive
Summary
A Defiance resident asked the council for speed bumps on Deerway Drive; council and staff described enforcement and snow-plowing concerns and said speed bumps are a last resort.
A resident asked Defiance City Council on Tuesday to install speed bumps on Deerway Drive to slow traffic, and council members and staff described enforcement and operational concerns that make speed bumps an uncommon remedy.
Lonnie Posey, of 1504 Dublin Court, told council: “Is there any chance that we could get speed bumps put on Deerway Drive?” Posey said several neighbors had asked for traffic calming and described repeated speeding and heavy truck traffic in the area.
A police representative told the council the department has started periodic drive-throughs of the neighborhood but that the enforcement had not yet produced the change residents sought. Council members explained that speed bumps are “a drastic last step,” raising two concerns: snow-plow operations can damage fixed speed bumps and vehicles, and speed bumps are not effective against heavy truck traffic.
Council said it would continue targeted enforcement and adjust police scheduling to focus on problem times of day. No ordinance or capital expenditure to install traffic-calming devices was proposed or adopted at the meeting.
