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New resident urges lower speed limit and noise enforcement on Lake Street; city to run speed study
Summary
A new downtown resident told the committee that high speeds and loud motorcycles on Lake Street reduce neighborhood quality of life; staff said City Engineering will run speed counts but noted Lake Street is US Highway 42, limiting local control over posted limits.
Brian Fields, a new resident at 201 Lake Street, told the Parking & Safety Committee on June 24 that traffic on Lake Street is "very, very heavy" and that drivers frequently exceed the posted speed. Fields also decried loud motorcycles and modified cars that he said make it difficult to sit on front porches and undermine neighborhood quality of life.
"I think 35 miles an hour is way too high for a residential area like that," Fields said during the…
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