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Council Adopts Traffic‑Calming Policy Built with Federal Safe Streets Grant; Petition process, scoring rubric to guide projects
Summary
Gastonia City Council voted unanimously Nov. 6 to adopt a citywide traffic‑calming policy developed with HDR Engineers and funded through the Safe Streets and Roads for All program.
Gastonia City Council voted unanimously Nov. 6 to adopt a citywide traffic‑calming policy developed with HDR Engineering under the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program. The policy sets procedures, a toolkit of countermeasures, and an annual application window tied to the fiscal year.
City staff and HDR consultant Jeff Dayton reviewed the policy, which divides requests into two tracks: existing neighborhoods (resident petitions) and new developments (requirements coordinated through the development/TIA process). For existing streets a petition must include signatures from 75% of the property owners within the study area; staff will use a scoring rubric to prioritize projects based on need (for example, lack of sidewalks,…
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