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Transportation committee recommends lowering Whitsall Avenue speed limit to 30 mph after resident safety concerns
Summary
The Oshkosh Transportation Committee voted to recommend lowering the posted speed limit on Whitsall Avenue from 35 mph to 30 mph and will forward the recommendation to the county highway commissioner and the Common Council for ordinance change and sign updates.
The Oshkosh Transportation Committee voted to recommend lowering the posted speed limit on Whitsall Avenue from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour after hearing testimony from residents and a staff review of development and crash patterns.
Committee staff said the section of Whitsall under discussion remains partly under county jurisdiction; the county highway commissioner will need to consider the change before any city ordinance is updated. Public Works staff told the committee that previous speed-setting work showed the 85th-percentile speed slightly above 35 mph but noted recent…
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