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Board updates traffic-calming policy, directs staff to work with Williams Landing neighbors
Summary
After a neighborhood petition for speed humps on Williams Landing Road, the board accepted an update to the traffic-calming policy and asked staff to exclude undeveloped parcels from the petition threshold and to work directly with neighbors.
Leon County commissioners accepted a status report on traffic calming and directed staff to revise the county policy to exclude undeveloped parcels when calculating the petition threshold for neighborhood traffic-calming requests.
Staff said the update would simplify the petition process for neighborhoods where some parcel owners cannot build (for example due to flood zones) and therefore should not count against a petition’s required percentage of support. The board also directed staff to work with residents of Williams Landing Road, a corridor off Highway 20 where neighbors described vehicles traveling at high speed and asked for calming “humps” to slow traffic. A motion from Commissioner Caban to accept the report and update the policy, and to have staff collaborate with neighbors on bringing back an implementable traffic-calming plan, passed unanimously.
Public comments: A Williams Landing resident told commissioners the road is long and straight with speeding vehicles, that many nearby parcels are undevelopable and therefore shouldn’t be counted against petition thresholds, and that children and elderly residents are afraid to walk in the neighborhood.
Next steps: Staff will bring back a revised traffic-calming policy formalizing the exclusion of undeveloped parcels from the petition calculation and will coordinate with Williams Landing neighbors on a proposed installation plan for calming devices.
