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Council opens public hearing on citywide 25 mph limit; no vote, officials cite enforcement questions
Summary
Saratoga Springs held a combined public hearing on three ordinances to set a 25 mph citywide speed limit with limited exemptions. Complete Streets Advisory Board presented safety data and broad public comment favored the change; council left the hearing open for a later vote and emphasized enforcement and jurisdictional issues.
Saratoga Springs City Council held a public hearing on proposed amendments to city code that would lower most local speed limits from 30 mph to 25 mph, with exemptions for joint-jurisdiction roads, arterial streets and school zones.
The council combined three proposed ordinances into a single hearing: an amendment to chapter 225-12 (inside/outside speed limits) and two schedule amendments (225-68 for the inside district and 225-69 for the outside district). Commissioner Cole opened the hearing by citing a 2022 change to New York law that allows municipalities to set local limits as low as 25 mph. He said an engineering study by Stantec recommended the reduction and that the lower limits “make roadways safer.”
Ted Ors, vice chair of the Complete Streets Advisory Board, presented the board’s findings and the engineering rationale. Ors cited crash-survival statistics used in…
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