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Covington council backs study of temporary traffic-calming tools, asks staff to test speed triggers and consult on Timberlane sidewalk LID
Summary
City staff will test temporary traffic-calming measures and an initial engineering threshold before advancing larger projects; council also asked staff to get cost estimates for a possible Timberlane sidewalk local improvement district and to pursue WSDOT signal coordination instead of red‑light cameras.
Covington moved Monday to study temporary traffic‑calming tools and to pursue next steps on a proposed Timberlane local improvement district to replace failing sidewalks.
Council members directed city staff to pilot temporary measures — such as movable speed cushions and radar feedback signs — and to evaluate a short engineering test (80th/85th‑percentile speed counts) as a screen before opening the full neighborhood traffic‑calming process. The council also agreed that the city should shoulder the cost of temporary devices for short trials, but that larger or permanent installations could carry cost‑sharing or LID approaches once designs and petitions are complete.
The action follows a staff presentation of a formal neighborhood…
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