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Cedro neighborhood urges more traffic calming after crashes, calls on city to reassess speed controls
Summary
Residents representing the Cedro neighborhood described repeated crashes, near‑misses and at least one fatality and asked the council to expand speed‑limit petitions and consider additional traffic‑calming measures. City staff agreed to follow up and referenced recent steps already taken.
Residents from the Cedro neighborhood told the council their streets are being used as cut‑throughs and that high speeds have led to crashes, property damage and a reported fatality.
Maria McClendon, speaking for a neighborhood committee, described multiple incidents on Seadrill Drive, including a crash into a home and incidents that damaged a pool and other structures. “There's been accidents that have happened in front of our homes… We've had fatalities. We've had a fatality in front of 1203 Cedro Drive,” McClendon said, and asked council to consider speed bumps, traffic calming devices and other changes.
McClendon said the street was designated an emergency route roughly 50 years ago and that increased highway traffic has turned it into a cut‑through. She said the neighborhood has started a petition to expand the existing 25 mph signs and is working with the City Transportation Department to evaluate options.
Mayor Jefferson asked staff to connect the neighborhood with city staff; Assistant City Manager Damon Duquesne and staff members from transportation were identified as contacts. Council members and staff noted the city has already installed 25 mph signage and is in the process of additional petitions and studies. Sarah Butler from the transportation group and another staff member (identified in public comments as George) were named as working on the issue.
The council asked staff to follow up with the Cedro committee to review previous traffic‑calming measures and consider additional interventions requested by residents.
