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Bellevue directs staff to pursue lower arterial speeds, launch outreach on 'Safe Speeds Bellevue'
Summary
Council voted May 20 to ask staff to start public outreach and draft an ordinance to lower speed limits on four arterial corridors as part of a 'Safe Speeds Bellevue' program; staff will test target‑speed reductions on selected streets and return with findings and recommendations.
Bellevue City Council on May 20 directed city transportation staff to begin outreach and prepare ordinance language for a Safe Speeds Bellevue program that would lower posted speed limits on a small set of arterial streets and evaluate effects before recommending wider city action.
What council approved
Deputy Mayor Malakoutian moved and the council approved a measure directing staff to initiate outreach on the Safe Speeds Bellevue program and to prepare an ordinance that would lower the speed limit on four…
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