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TAC shifts traffic-calming focus toward enforcement, agrees to temporary Countess Lane measures and a one-month study
Summary
Spring Hill's Transportation Advisory Committee discussed moving funds from permanent speed-hump installs to targeted police enforcement, and authorized Public Works to install two temporary traffic-calming ramps on Countess Lane and collect traffic data before the next meeting.
The Transportation Advisory Committee on May 19 debated whether to continue investing in physical traffic-calming devices or to reallocate those funds to targeted police enforcement, and directed staff to install two temporary traffic-calming ramps on Countess Lane while collecting traffic and speed data.
The discussion centered on Countess Lane, where Public Works Director Tyler Scroggins outlined an existing temporary redesign of Commonwealth Drive that ties into Countess and noted a planning condition for Alaina/Atlanta Park that calls for traffic calming. Scroggins said staff had a plan that originally showed seven or eight speed humps but proposed installing two temporary ramps now, weather permitting, then collecting data before returning to the TAC.
The debate highlighted competing priorities. Vice Mayor Trent Linville, who said he lives on Countess Lane, told the panel he favors…
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