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Royal Oak keeps Normandy speed limit at 25 mph, orders low-cost calming measures
Summary
After nearly two hours of public comment and discussion, the Royal Oak City Commission voted 6–1 to keep Normandy Road’s posted speed at 25 mph and direct staff to add parking-stall striping, plant trees and move a warning sign to improve safety before any speed change is considered.
The Royal Oak City Commission voted 6–1 on Feb. 10 to keep the posted speed limit on Normandy Road between Coolidge and Crooks at 25 miles per hour and to direct the engineering department to implement lower-cost traffic-calming measures.
The decision followed a presentation from City Engineer Donahue, who said an engineering study using Michigan’s percentile-based method recommended a 30 mph limit because drivers’ 80th-percentile speeds were higher than the current limit. Donahue cautioned the commissioners that installing left-turn signals or other infrastructure would…
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