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Residents press commission to extend speed limit and increase patrols on County Road 350
Summary
Commissioners and residents discussed safety concerns on County Road 350, including requests to extend a 37 mph limit for about one mile toward the Little River, deploy portable speed signs and increase sheriffs-office patrols; commissioners noted enforcement constraints and resource limits.
Residents and commissioners raised safety concerns about high-speed traffic on County Road 350, with requests to extend an existing lowered speed limit and increase enforcement.
Commissioner Perkins and others described multiple citizen complaints after a recent event at Manuka Park, saying drivers were traveling at high speeds on roads leading to and from the park. Commissioners discussed a request to extend the 37 mph speed limit south along County Road 350 for approximately one mile to the intersection with County Road 34 (near the Little River bridge). The request was framed as a proposal to extend the reduced limit for approximately one mile.
Speakers urged more enforcement, saying that posted speed signs alone are insufficient without patrol presence. A county resident asked whether portable radar speed signs with camera capability exist; staff and other speakers said the sheriffs office uses portable speed signs and that enforcement is required under county resolution for automated camera enforcement. Commissioners and staff noted the countys limited deputy resources and said targeted patrols or short-term enforcement operations could slow traffic, but sustained enforcement requires ongoing sheriffsoffice capacity.
Commissioners discussed options including placing speed-limit signs, coordinating with the sheriff for increased patrols and using portable speed-monitoring signs. No formal change to speed limits or new enforcement policy was adopted at the meeting; commissioners asked staff and the sheriffs office to follow up.
