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Commerce City outlines road, enforcement and engineering measures for Adams Heights after resident complaints
Summary
City staff described speed-hump results, targeted enforcement, camera installation and a multimodal safety design for E. 60th Avenue and the Adams Heights neighborhood and told council CDOT and RTD must act on some state-owned issues.
Commerce City officials detailed a series of engineering, enforcement and outreach steps aimed at slowing traffic and reducing truck impacts in the Adams Heights neighborhood, following repeated public complaints about speeding, ATVs and truck noise.
City Manager Roger Rogers told the City Council that speed humps installed on E. 60th Avenue cut measured average speeds from about 34 mph (pre‑humps) to roughly 27 mph after installation. “Since the installation of those speed humps ... the average speed is around 27 miles per hour,” Rogers said, summarizing the Public Works speed studies and sweeps that staff has completed.
The city also described a funded E. 60th Avenue multimodal project (about $455,000 for design and roughly $1.5 million set aside for construction) that could add curb extensions, crosswalks and rapid flashing beacons to make pedestrian crossings safer and reduce vehicle–pedestrian…
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