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Commissioners Lower Speed Limits to 30 mph on Gideon Linscomb Lane and Rolling Creek Road After Petitions
Summary
Following petitions and engineering analysis, the Washington County Commissioners Court approved reducing speed limits to 30 mph on Gideon Linscomb Lane (Precinct 3) and Rolling Creek Road (Precinct 4). The county engineer recommended the reductions based on a road-risk analysis.
The Washington County Commissioners Court on Sept. 9 approved reductions of the posted speed limits to 30 miles per hour on two county road segments after public hearings and engineering review.
For Gideon Linscomb Lane in Precinct 3, county staff said the road is approximately 4,650 feet (about 0.9 miles) and is a dead-end roadway that ties into Rayburg Road. County policy requires petitions signed by 75% of landowners for regulatory-signage changes; staff reported the petition met that threshold. County Engineer (identified in the transcript as Mr. Stokes) said that because traffic counts on the dead-end road were low, staff used the Federal Highway Administration’s road-risk method rather than an operating-speed analysis. "The recommended... speed as far as the road risk method from the Federal Highway Administration ... did come back with 30 miles per hour is a prudent speed for the Gideon Linscomb roadway," the engineer said. After hearing no public comments during the hearing, the court approved a motion to set the limit at 30 mph.
On Rolling Creek Road in Precinct 4, staff reported the roadway experiences through traffic but that available traffic-count data were still limited for an operating-speed study. Using the road-risk method, staff recommended 30 mph for a residential segment with substantial setbacks, visibility and updated roadway geometry. A property owner attending the hearing, Tim Brooking, identified himself as one of five property owners on Rolling Creek and said he concurred with the engineering recommendation. The court then approved reducing the posted limit to 30 mph for the Rolling Creek segment.
Both actions were taken under the county’s process and pursuant to the Texas Transportation Code provisions cited on the agenda: the court opened public hearings under Texas Transportation Code section 251.152 and then acted under section 251.151. The court’s motions were seconded and passed by voice vote.
Speakers recorded addressing these items included Mr. Stokes (county engineer), Tim Brooking (Rolling Creek property owner), and commissioners representing Precincts 3 and 4 (motions recorded in the transcript).
