Board perfects Carter Avenue speed-hump bill after amendment to exclude neighboring ward

Board bill 53, a local street-safety measure to install speed humps on Carter Avenue in the Eleventh Ward, was amended on the floor to correct ward boundaries and then perfected by the Board of Aldermen.

Sponsor remarks The alderwoman from the eleventh explained that her original effort unintentionally encroached on the Twelfth Ward and asked to amend the bill to remove those segments. She said Carter Avenue has become a corridor where drivers accelerate onto side streets and that properly placed speed humps will calm traffic.

Amendment and vote The proposed amendment (amendment 1) removing Twelfth Ward blocks was moved and adopted by voice vote. The perfected bill passed by voice vote later in the session; the president announced "Board bill 53 has been perfected." Supporters said the change corrected a drafting error and will help connect speed-hump installations between the Eleventh and Twelfth wards.