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Council committee sends speed-limit ordinance amendments to first reading; several commercial streets to rise to 30 mph, select corridors to be reduced
Summary
The committee advanced a staff ordinance to revise local speed limits: some commercially zoned streets would move from the residential-code default of 25 mph to 30 mph; WSDOT-funded road-diet corridors would be reduced (35 to 30 mph) to match bike- and pedestrian-safety features. The item was forwarded to first reading on May 20.
Transportation staff presented proposed amendments to the city's speed-limit code, asking the committee to adopt an ordinance that adjusts posted limits citywide where appropriate. Staff said the city sets speed limits on local streets (state highways remain under WSDOT jurisdiction) and that the package responds to project-specific requests from WSDOT for speed reductions on two projects (South 280 Eighth Street Road Diet and the Poverty Bay multi-use project) and to a desire to align posted limits with street design.
Major elements: - WSDOT-reques…
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