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Resident urges city to revisit traffic study, requests patrols and speed controls in new subdivision
Summary
A Mapleton resident told the council the neighborhood around South Drive has seen increased speeding, near-misses involving children and a recent serious crash, and asked the city to reconsider a prior traffic study and add enforcement and traffic-calming measures.
Greg Wheeler, a Mapleton resident, told the Mapleton City Council during public comment that a new subdivision near his home has led to increased traffic and unsafe driving.
Wheeler said a traffic study conducted about two years earlier reported an average speed of 17 mph in the neighborhood but called that figure "false data," saying the reading likely came from pedestrians or cyclists and does not reflect current conditions. He said he regularly observes speeding, close calls, single-vehicle crashes and incidents in which children were nearly struck.
"There's no way that the average speed [was 17 mph]," Wheeler said. He described the neighborhood's physical layout — including 11% slopes and sharp turns — and said a recent crash on a steep grade and curve could have been fatal.
Wheeler asked the council to reconsider the previous traffic study, make the study available to residents and prioritize measures such as increased police patrols, additional signage and radar-feedback signs used by neighboring cities.
The council acknowledged the report of the crash and said Mapleton police had been in contact. No council vote or formal action on new traffic measures was recorded in the transcript during the public comment period.
Wheeler concluded by urging the council to act quickly to reduce the risk of a future fatality.
The record shows this comment took place during the public forum portion of the July meeting and was not followed by an immediate directive or formal motion to staff in the excerpted transcript.
