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Committee forwards ordinance compiling school-zone speed limits across Jonesboro
Summary
Committee members forwarded Ordinance 25031 to the full council. The ordinance lists school zone speed limits and adds stop signage at specified intersections, reflecting existing posted limits consolidated into one ordinance for enforcement and record-keeping.
A committee voted to forward an ordinance that consolidates numerous school-zone speed limits and sign changes across Jonesboro to the full City Council.
Ordinance 25031 directs the city to place various traffic signs at locations recommended by the Traffic Control Committee and establishes school-zone speed limits for many schools, including 25 mph on stretches of Fisher Street, West Nettleton Avenue, Thomas Green Road and others; 20 mph on specified segments near Nettleton Intermediate and 15 mph in sections near Nettleton Junior High and Valley View. The ordinance text also calls for an all-way stop at Culver House and Burke Avenue and lists specific block-by-block limits for more than a dozen named schools. The ordinance says the changes reflect recommendations of the Traffic Control Committee.
During discussion a staff member, Craig, said the ordinance primarily compiles speed limits that already exist on the named streets and brings them together into a single ordinance for recordkeeping and to support school-zone flashers. “These are the established speed limits on those roads already,” Craig said, noting the committee inventoried existing signs rather than changing limits immediately. Councilman McLean asked why some zones were 15, 20 or 25 mph; Craig replied the committee matched the current posted limits and can return with change proposals where needed.
Committee members moved and seconded to forward the ordinance to full council. After no questions from the administration or public, the committee voted to forward the item.
Because the committee forwarded the item, the ordinance must still receive a final vote by the full City Council before any changes take effect. The committee record did not list a roll-call vote or names attached to the motion or second.
