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Police: Middleburg does not qualify for $200 'excessive speed' signage; council asks for more data and enforcement options
Summary
The police department reported that a town speed study did not meet the state threshold for signs that impose an extra $200 fine, and council asked staff to get more granular, direction-specific speed data and to consider alternative safety measures.
Police staff told the council on July 24 that the town does not currently qualify to install signage that would carry an additional $200 fine for excessive speed because the town's measured 85th-percentile speeds do not exceed the posted limit by the required threshold.
Chief Jones explained the three criteria for the additional-$200 signage: a documented speed problem, a formal speed study collecting speed data at one or more points, and an 85th-percentile speed in at least one direction that exceeds the posted limit by 10 mph or more. The department's 90-day study at the East…
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