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Council adopts traffic‑calming program and votes to seek resurfacing grants for Delaplane Road and Main Avenue
Summary
The council adopted a traffic‑calming policy for tiered interventions and approved applying for county priority project grants to resurface Delaplane Road and Main Avenue with an 80/20 match; staff said the local 20% match ($116,002.61) can use MAP funds.
Georgetown City Council on Sept. 22 adopted an official traffic‑calming program and approved a grant application to the county priority projects program to resurface Delaplane Road and Main Avenue.
The traffic‑calming program establishes tiers of responses for speeding and traffic complaints, ranging from low‑impact measures such as speed signs to higher‑impact measures such as speed humps and roadway narrowing. City staff told the council the program follows a study of four areas and sets a process for evaluating and implementing calming measures.
Separately, the council approved a last‑minute (“walk‑on”) request to apply for a paving grant with an 80/20 federal/state/county‑to‑local match. The two roads proposed for the application are Delaplane Road (a cut‑through heavily used by industrial traffic and traffic to a business park) and Main Avenue in the Boston neighborhood. Staff presented cost estimates and photos in the application and said the combined local match would be $116,002.61 if the city is awarded the full amount requested.
City staff confirmed the local match can be paid from the city’s MAP funds, a state allocation the city uses for road projects. Councilmembers noted Delaplane Road’s condition and increased traffic from a planned elementary school and new development in that corridor.
Both the traffic‑calming municipal order and the resolution to apply for the paving grant passed by voice vote. Staff said they will follow up with municipal aid program officials about the grant timeline.
