Resident asks Grantsville council for 10 mph limit in Sun Sage Meadows over child-safety concerns
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Summary
In public comment submitted by email and read at the May 7 meeting, a Sun Sage Meadows resident urged the city to reduce the neighborhood speed limit from 25 mph to 10 mph and asked for increased police enforcement during busy hours.
An emailed public comment from Amber Phillips, read aloud during the Grantsville City Council's May 7 meeting, urged the city to reduce the speed limit in the Sun Sage Meadows townhome neighborhood from 25 miles per hour to 10 miles per hour and to increase police focus on the area during busy hours.
Phillips described repeated instances of speeding where children play near narrow sidewalks and wrote that a child riding a bicycle recently avoided being struck only because the cyclist stopped in time. "My fear is that if a kid gets hit because average age is probably 7 to 8 years old, that there will be a serious injury at 25 miles per hour," she wrote. Phillips asked the council to change the speed limit sign to 10 mph and to task the police department with stepped-up patrolling in the neighborhood.
Council members acknowledged the request and noted the police department's limited resources; no formal action or vote was taken at the meeting. City staff suggested the resident and HOA continue working with the police department on targeted enforcement and speed mitigation options.
Ending: The council did not set a timetable for changing posted limits; staff and the police department were asked to confer with the resident and report back if an enforcement or engineering change is recommended.