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Riverton council reopens debate on speed humps; staff asked to inventory removed bumps and propose process for future installations
Summary
At a Riverton City Council work session, members discussed a 2018 ordinance limiting new speed humps, unresolved questions about whether pre‑2018 humps should have been restored after overlays, and possible next steps including an inventory, cost estimates and a formal traffic‑committee review before any new installations.
Riverton City Council members on the council's work session agenda discussed whether the city should restore or again allow the installation of speed humps, instructing staff to inventory locations where humps were removed and to prepare an ordinance amendment and process for future requests.
The topic arose during an item introduced by city staff reviewing a 2018 ordinance that, as written, prevents new speed humps after Oct. 1, 2018. Staff said the ordinance is open to interpretation on whether speed humps that existed before that date should remain after roadway overlays. City staff asked the council for guidance about whether to (1) require a traffic‑committee review and engineering sign‑off before any new or replacement hump is installed, and (2) study the costs to restore previously removed humps.
The discussion underscored competing priorities: residents in some neighborhoods continue to ask…
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